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-'V TheN Gfee Eeit Advertising Ilediom In North Carolina ELCnCN TS70 PACI3 IS 74 VOL ax. NO. 12. RALEIGH, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1919. PRICE: FIVE CENTS. HOUSE WILL GIVE DRY VOTE TUESDAY First Suffrage Measure Intro- duced By Griffin, of Union, Yesterday SPEAKER APPOINTS " TEN COMMITTEES Eedwin't Memorial To Peace Commissioners Passes t , Pinal Reading The Federal bone dry amendment will be considered by the House Com mittee on Regulation of the liquor Traffic Monday afternoon at four o'clock r.nd in the camp of the opposition yes- reruay was every lnuiration inci mo light against adoption, forecast in Ken utor Stubb's speech on the floor Wed nesday, had been called off. The com min)ee reporting the resolution favor nhly, the amendment . will lie ratified Tuesday morniisg, when the House meet. , A roll can vote v, in i,e nmsieu upon in the House, however. While it ap pears now that only a sprinkling of members will cast a vote against the adoption of the amendment, it is prac tically certain that tho most of them wnnfto be recorded as voting in the negative. Several members, iucluding Hcnator Htubbs, will expluiu their votes is speeches for that purpose and the obsequies will be attended with some oratory. Keprosentative Mutthewa, home in Bortio yesterday and dfles not . eitpeci to return before Wednesday or Tliurrday. In his abaoneo Hepre?enta t've flints of Wtyne, author of the Hojie resolution t rntify the amend' mo;it, will act r.3 chairman of the reg ulation of liquor trailic committee. First S7iase Bill. The first eufl'rc;e resolution to reach t!io House was introduced by Reprc isnistivo Griffin, .cm v.ns drawn be fore William Jennings Bryan spoke to tho members Friday. It would sub mil in tlm nonnln rC Ihn Ktfttn. n tlin text general election, tha' encstion of a constitutional amendment conferring the ballot upon women. Speaker. Brum mitt ycsterdiiy sent it to a committee and it will likely be held in abeyance until the eommittco receives other suf frage legislation, pending.. , . . IJ'ho House yesterday passed the Sen ate bill, introduced by Senator Stevens, to allow tho commissioners of tho county -of Buncombo and tbe.eity of Aaheville to npproprinte 2,500 each for The Cooper resolution, passed In the Scuate, ratifying the Federal bone-dry CBvendmpnt, came over yesterday and was sent to the Committee on Regula tion of the 1,'nuor Traffic, of which Matthews, of Eertic, v.aa made chair- Tho House met at 10 o'clock nnd Rev "Mr. Tatton. " of Coeeusuoro, offered prayer. The following new bills were introduced: ' II. II. 35. Griffin To submit a, suf frage amendment to vote. II. B. 3G. Doughton For the relief of 1'. M. nnd Z. U Osborne, Alleghanoy county officials. II. B. 87. Crisp To amend Chapter R40, Fublic laws 1909, and provide for better enforcement of the game laws in Dare county.- II.. B. 38. tiatling To provide, for the llAM!mt r.f fAIJH in fintes. Ton OmmittcM Named. i Speaker Brnmniitt, yestcrdey named - of thet House committees. Mat thews, of Bertie, is chairman tf Regu lation of tho liquor Traffic; Ncal is chairman of Election Laws; Oliver is chairman of : Claims; Taylor is, ehair ! nf F.xnenditurcs of the Hous; Dnwson is' chairninir of Judiciary Num ler 1; drier is chairman of Judiciary Number Si; Rny,f Macon, is elfclrman f Courts and Judicial Districts; -Pow-til is chairman of Banks and Currency ; , itrown, of Pitt, is chairman of Privi leges and Kleclion4 Dail is chairman f Knerossed Kills. , Tha committees follow; R.ul.tion 'or the Liquor Traffic: i Matthews, of Bertie; Mints, Bryant, of Durham ; Donghtou, rJcSics, rsnsn, ura bam. Orier. Bay. of Macon; Holton Kelly, Lyday, Macon, Mull, Poolo, Ren frew, Wiaw, Teague, Tuc.er newm, Smithdeal and Pass. Election Laws: NeaLLove, Doughton Everett, Powell, Gold, McCoin, Collins, Matthews, of Hertie; Jonnson, wmiams, of Cabarrus .Turner and Herring. Jadlciary pinmoer i. jjuhboti, nm rwrne, Stubbs, Redwinet Ray, of Macon ; Mnll. Brown. Powell. Mntthcws, of Ber- .... . . . iv u-: tie; Eckles, M'Mullen, Fountain. Wil liams, f. Johnston; Sawyer, Williaina, of Cabarrus, and Herring. Jadlclarv Nimber Twt Grier, Dough .ton. Brvant. of Durham, McCoin, Gold, Wright, Poole, Tcague, Shepherd, Kay, or vnainam, itaraner, mrwup, Crisn. Gradv. Roberts. Turner. Banks and Cnnenejrt PowellBass, . Wria-ht. Matthews, of Mecklenburg Boilers, Farish, Winborne, Darden, of Greene: Bowman, Kesler, Canwron , Graham. Coxc. of Anson: McCoin, Love, Wilson, of Burke: McDonald and jl'ropst. ..... ( , Mannfactnrca and Labor: Love, Bass Macon, Matheson, Boyd, May, McNeill, Garrett Saunders, Sellars, Shaw. Steph enson flummersill. Suttlemyre, Grant, tverctt, Kesler, Turner, Lloyd,' v ass, Engrossed BUU: Dail, Collins, Clay on, Gcttys, Brownbf Rowan; Farmer, Moose. Privileges and Elections: Brown, of Pitt; Stubbs, Winborne .Matthews, of Mecklenburg; Moors, McMulIan, Oliver, Shepherd, Swain, Darden, of: Halifax; Wilcox, Wilson, of Jackson; Wright, Kesler; Williams, of Cabarrus. Turner nd Bryant, of Yadkin. lonrts saa Jadicttl UlstrlcU: Kay, of JUcon; Roberts, Pharf, Aycock, - Grant, Winborne, May, Morgan, Sawyer, Redwine, Stroup, Daiis, Wilcox, Touag, Williams, of Cabarrus; 'Turner and Herring. ' ., ' i. 1 Claims: Oliver, ilacon, Williams, of - (Continued on Psgt BeventoM). NEW INFLUENZA CASES NUMBER 298 FOR WEEK Forty-five new cases of in jluenza developed. Friday, according . to reports made early yesterday morning to Captain C. E. Waller, of the City and County Health De partment, and this figure represents an. increase of twelve over reports for the preceding day. . For the week ending Fri day, 298 new cases' had been reported, a considerable in crease over -the two weeks directly preceding w h e h there were 97 and 64 cases respectively. ' C0M1NGTHISWEEK Tenth Biennial Convention of State Anti-Saloon League To Be Held PROGRAM OF GREAT PUBLIC INTEREST Drt P. Aj, Baker and Dr. Geo. B.Stnart Amon; Those To Make Addresses in City The North Carolina Auti-Salooo League ' as completed plans for its tenth biennial convention which will be held at the First Baptist church, RakigX January 16-17, l.egiuuinat 10 a. m. Among tho mcmbcrj of the General As rembly on the prosrajn are Senator W It. Cooper, of cw Uanover, and Rep resentatives P. B. Redniui', of Monroe W, O. Saunders, of Elizabeth City; J. I). Kckles, of Bl.cU Mountain, and O. M. Mull, of Shilby. Tlio reduentors are also well repre sented by Dr. v.. L. Poieat, of Wake Forest College, and Dr. William Allen Harper, of Klnn College. In addition to the many ttrgng rjen of the St.-;te found on the program, the proffram committee has been tuccensful iu- so ciirinc the services of several tneakers pf uutioual cud international lrputa- tion. . Tho convention will lie glad to see and hear Dr. P. A. Baker, of the And Unloon League of Amorioa, tho man wao for nftc?n rears has been a leadoo of the Anti-Saloon League forces of the nation. His Rcneralship has been such that the lionor forces have been, driven from thcr bntKclicldT on many occasions and upon his head liquor politicians and lirowora have piled abuse and vttnne-ra tbn until every lover of prohibition has become a lover pf Dr. Baker. He u aa orator of eloquence and power hnd a leader of national fame. The convention will also have the inimit.iblo George R. Stuart, whose evangelintio work tbroughont the coun try has rnndo his nemo a household wordjn many homes in many State. He has visited this State on manr oc casion!!;, both as on evangelist and a temiicrance speaker ntid his prohibition addresses in pnmphl'.t form have been sold by thq millions in fhia and other countries. . : . , , . Program For Convention. Sup?, t. L. Davis says the program for this convention is equal to any that the program committee has ever been able to produce, and he anticipates that many lovers of the cause through out tho State will visit Raleigh Thurs day and Friday of this- week. The complete program for the convention follows: Ttmrsday Mornim. Jan. 13. Hon. W. B. Cooper, Wilmington, pre siding. lu:Wt10:Wrhanlrgivir and song service., (All music, during the eonven tion in charge of Mr. W. Furman Ik-tts, cTnngcnsiie singer;. 10:30-10:55-Heport of Bv R. L. Davis, Hnperintendent North Carolina Anti-Kaloon League. 10:55-U:15-Jenort of lion'; W- T. Shaw, chairman of board of tmstees of isortb ( arolina Anfi-Balooa League, Music. - 11:20-12:00 ' World-wide Prohibition and Our Part In It." Dr. P. A. Baker, general superintendent of Anti-Saloon Leagne of America. Thursday Afternoon. Jan. 1C Hon. R. B. Bedwine, Monroe, presid ing. Free discussion by delegates. 2 ;0Q-2:l-Devotionsl exercises -nnd song service. '2:15-3:00 Blockade andlind Tiger Evils in my section what are we going 10 ao amna u I iour mmute talks. - S0-3rtJ5-.'ubstitute for liquor In my section: the Evil and the Homed v." Four minute talks. Music. 3:80-4:00 Teaching Mhe Effects of Alcohol in the Schools: is the Law Ruf ficieut and is it being enforced?" Foul minute talks. 4:00-4:30 Address Bev. 0. T. Powe. n lnsion-nniem. Tharaaar Evening. Jan. IC W. L. Potest, UUK President Wake Forest College, presiding. , ( 7:30-7:45 Bervico of prsyer and song. Address W. L. Potest, IX.D., ptesi dent North Carolina Anti-8aloen Lea gue. , Address. Bishop James Cannon, Jr., oaa Antonio, Texas. Address Hon. W. II. Anderson, New loxk city. Friday Morning, Jan. 17. Hon. O. M. Mull, bbetby, presiding, ' 10:0010:15-fiong . and prsyer ser vice. ... : -, . . . 10:15-10:30 "Prohibitios Legisla- tioa or tfce last two years, State and National,' Bev. L. 8. Massey, editor Kaieign Ubristiaa Advocate. 10:3O-ll:OO-Ths Mascrs' Voice. (Coatiantd on Pago Sevfateoa NOTABLESPEAKERS VANT STATE-WIDE DOG LAY ENACTED Statute For Protection , Sheep Industry With "Teeth'' Proposed of MENACE FROM "MAD" CURS DISCUSSED Conference of Members of Assembly Appoints Com mittee To Draft Statute Sentiment in favor of a 8taterwide dog law twith "teeth"' in it to protect not only the sheep and cattlo industry of the commonwealth but also the, chil dren from hydrophobia, has reached such a point that more than a half hun dred members of the" General Assembly constituted themselves a committee yes terday afternoon to consider the steps necessary to secure the proper legisla tion. . Although many of the members had gone home for the week-end, those fa voring such a measure were able to mus. ter more than fiftv legislators fur the conference St 3 o'clock in the Hall of the Hon so of Representatives, whirh 're sulted in the appointment of a special committee to consider bills and draft legislation. Special Committee Named. The committee is headed by Senator Wright, of Rowan, ns chairman, the oilier member being Senators Htevens, Hyatt, Coward and Lovill, and Repre. sentutivc JnckJort, Rnyr Redwine, Hol ton. Boyd, Bryant of Yadkin, Clayton, Bowman, Swain and loung. Now for tho Lord's sake got bniy and do something' urged Representative (t. JJlhs (lurdner, who was made chair man of the conference, in announcing tho appointment. Gardner confessed that ho had undergone S "eliauijo of heart' since two years ago and that while ho wanted the doff protected, he did not believe that 'worthless curs rhou'd bo pennittflrt to ronjn around, Ho wanted a la-v with Mteeth" id it. Lots of oratory was iiilulged in bv speakers fsntn ''Murphy to Manteo" and from "Currituck to Cherokee." but nil of it waj of tho same tenor, expressing tho jreat need for legislation to meet a growing need. The dog was not without defenders, nil of tho sneakers believing that ho serves a nseful pur pose. However, tho cur without visi. Iilo means of sunnnrt must ot bo ftl lowed to stand in the way of progress. it was ngrec'J by oil, and the time has some to pot htm out of the way. Kot The: First Time. It, was not the first tune that the' outlaid, dog had bean, consigned to oblivion by kssalutors in Raleigh, and Representative Frank Bay, of Maeou warned tho legislators that each man would have to surrender perhaps some of his" pre-conceived ideas lit order to get a working act through. The Mseon man had proposed a bill in tho-last General Assembly, which was ''muti lated in committee and - which was practically made, -inoperative because, of requiring a vote in each county to make it effective. Constitutional Provision. Judge; BtevcuSf of Bunconibe, made a strong and urgent appeal for relief citing Section 3 of Artielo 17 of the State Constitution, which says that the "Geueral Assembly sjiall enact laws for tio encouragement and proper protec tion of tho sheep industry,' ns being urider present conditions practically mandatory. "The dog has flourished,' continued Judge Stevens, "until today bo is king, He goes whero he pleases, comes when ha pleases, stays where he p.eifses., We love the dog and we nlso love our children, but we do not allow the lnt ter to go without restraint. Pointing out the great need for. more moat and tho absolute necessity for the development of the cut-over lands by turning them into grainj lands 'for stock. Judge Htevens asked it "we are willing to stand up , here and make political ' graveyards, if necessary, in order to provide for this industry! ' Considering the bill recommended by the National nool Growers Associa- tion, Judge Stevens said while it con tained many good points it was dc ficient in that it did not provide nde quatoly for its enforcement. Ha,,sug. gested the raising of a fund by taxing dogs which shall be held by each county to reimburse those losing sheep that are killed by dogs and jetting tho county proceed against owners of the dogs if feasible. v Hsvo Been "Converted." . Representatives Turner, of Mitchell, sad Clay ton78fHyder 'both confessed to having been "converted' during the past two years and as being now in favor of a Htatc-wido dog law. A law simplo enough for ordinary folks to understand without having to hire a lawyer to interpret it was asked for by Representative McDonald, who advocated a reasonable dog tax. The gTsat danger from hydrophobia was pointed ont by Representative Brownlow Jackson, who had found; the sorthless curs frcur the incorporated villages to be the .worso menace. Ho was not in favor of taking the dogs sway, from the farmers as ihey were very necessary in many respects. . Dr. Bryantf of Yadkin, in a humorous, talk, mado a pica for the dog, slating that he had no sheep but that he did havo dogs and that he relied for the neat part in the fall on 'possums. He wanted, however, to aid along the cause iu any way he could, "even though be was a radicsl.' No Time For Quibbling. D. I Boyd ,of Haywood, who Intro duced in the legislature a stock law bill for his county in 1907 that created a furor but -for "which they would not change now under any eouxideration," said1 that a man in his section of ths State owned 13 dogs, to1 his certain knowledge and only one pig. "If we are going to lie killed politically-, I want to go with a crowd, be declared, "but so far as I am con cerned, I camo down hero to get some Centjnaed a Page Semteea) STATE TAX COMMISSION WHOSE DUTIES - MAY BE REVISED BY THE LEGISLATURE i t f A. J. .MAXWELL. OUTLINES TAX PROBLEMS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY State Tax Commission Files Biennial. -Bcport and Recommendations 1917 REVENUE ACT WIPES OUT DEFICIT Strikinr Increases in Bevenuo AofaioTcd From Sources Oth er Than Property Taxes Although tJio Revenue Act of 1917 was not ilrrv.n in anticipation of the increased costs of maintaining the State Government nnd its institutions upon a war basis, amplo revenue has been yielded under it to meet all tho appropriations rnndo bjr tho last Gen eral Assembly nnd to convert a de ficit of $l(i!,()7C.tfT ct tho close of the. fiscal year lOlfl into a net surplus of 201:i8.l:i ut the close of the fiscal year 1918. .' , This is the announcement with which tho North Carolina Corporation, Com mission acting an a Board of Btate Ta Commissioners introduces its biennial report to tho Governor, Porsibly, no report of that body will bo more care fully scanned than this, largely for the reason that tho preaent General Assem bly linn. evinced more interest in the ganeral subject of taxation than any leji'hiture of recent years. "; When ttraf late W. 8.. Wibon, Legisla tive Reference Librnrinn, inquired of tho newly elected members of the leg islature what topio of legislation they wero particularly interested in, with a view of f.eeuring litornturo on the sub ject for their use, he mrt an almost unanimous answer. - It was taxation. And it isn't going too far to. antici pate that the t(Tx commission's report .will find a ready hearing nt tho hands of tho General Assembly of 1017. ' Tho Cotnmlasioncr s Report. That report in full, as it was ad- dressed to the Governor, follows: Hir:--In presenting our annual tc port, covering operation of the revenue laws of the State, and recommendations with reppeet to future revenue legisla tion, we nre very much pleased to be ablo to report that the results from the Bevenuo Act of 1917 have more than met the expectations of the commit tee of tho fast General Assembly which framed it. The act was not drawn in antiuijiation of the increasd costs of maintaining tho State Govern ment and its institutions upon a war basis of operating cost, hut ample revenue 1ms been yielded under it to meet all the appropriations made by the last General Assembly and to con vert a deficit of tl09,()76.98 at the close of the fiscal vear 11(16, into a net rnif plus of 201, 2.18.9.1 ot tho Host' of the fiscal year 1918, after jetting nsido and deducting all unexpended appropria tions an amount sufficient to take care of any institutional deficits by reason of Increased maintenance costs. We believe tho incoming General As sembly will lie interested in tho sources from which this largely increased reve nue has come, and particularly as, ja our opinion, it reveals a tendency that should be nurtured until it reaches a point of maturity that will permit the Htate to relinquish all of its taxes levied npon tho property of tho Mate for its own uses. -All sources of public, revenue lave to some extent responded to the period of unprecedented pros-ierity, and there has been a continued gradual incrense in assessed values nf property until for tho year 1918 these values exceeded a billion dollars. Hut the most striking increases have-' enine from inheritance, income, license, privilege and f ranthisc Tho Finance Committees of the Sen ate and House of the General Assem bly of 1913 were advised by this de partment that largo increases in reve nue could -bo derived from these sources The suggestions made at that time were in part adopted, and -the commission was given more direct re sponsibility for enforcement of the laws: covering these taxes, and in 1915 Gas given authority to employ special agents to sssist in enforcing tbeui. This class of taxes yielded in 1918 riH747.L'H as compared . with WA,' 820.94 from the same sources in 191,;!. The total taxes collected in 1918 from sources other than tho general prop erty and poll taxes exceeded a million and a half dollars. We attach a statement showing the annual growth- of State revenue from thse sources since 1912. We believe this statement will lie found interest ing, and that it points - ths way in w 1 X W. T. LEE, Chairman. REVEN UElBECEiPTS -FROM 1912 TO 1916 The BUtment of nwnhe, receipts, from rranchbe. Inheritanrf, Income sad Prtvi Inte and Lleensa Taxos Iron lull u 1018 Inclusive follow; FranrhkM Tax. RAtI.mADS-ll2. I17.SS7.M: lull. tm.!iti3,'.'3 : iiu, S4t.2t.a2: i sr.. m,. 2M.74; Mt, Hit 876.V8; ial7, S3H,40.2S; 1918, 43.80 98. . . TE!.KGUArH-l12,N li.495.S9; 1911, t1.i6.7 1 ; 11)14. t7,ft)4: ISIS. SIS,!).!; 1?17. S11.SOS.S4; MS. S8,2J7.iS.' TELEPHONE-IStJ. fl7.SSS.SS ; ISIS, t30.42S.Sl ; 114, 523,550.59; 111 15, tht,. 1UIG, :6.SJ7.36.; 117, JD,i017; ltllH. t32,207.S. . EXPRtsa inn, tt.lsis.is: ii s. is,L 72l).(im IflU, S12.SC9.21 : 1IS, I22.C27.S1; -ISIS, S12,H4'J.S0i 1919,-13.2S.1. CKNERAt. CORPORATIONS 1912, S51.SSS ; 1919 f0,S23.60 ; 1914, S13S. K,7. TJ; 1013. iW, 210.11 ; 191S, tlJ7.SriU.lll ; 1917, 1113,398.02; 11S. 13C,6e.)S. Other faxes. " ' TNlfKRITANCE TAX-191. S5.2S4 W ; 1913, SI6.S72.SS; 11114, SlU.tS.l! IS1.495.0S; l'JIC, ai5a.75S.lS; 1917, $2,- eu.no; lsis, $r;i.m,n. tNCOMB TAX-1912, tnS,4M 91 ; ISIS, f 42, 667. 0 ; 1914, $M.707.9fl ; 1V15, 5S,. (MM; I'.Hfi, r.l,R 1 S;( ; 1917, X64.1.M.36; lUIK. J10D.205.1G. , HCHEDUI.ES D. AND C, (collee!et fcy Sherlffj) 1912, "1107,616; 1911, Slid.. SSI. 10; 1914, tl4C92.(l; t9li. lit.. 47H.41; 19 IS, 17a,42LlS; 1917, tUOSjluUUli 19IH, $21l,ijlJ!l. MERCANTILE AGENCIES 1912, 1500; 1918. 171)0; 1J14, I7U0; 1KI4, WXI 10. . :,00; 1 ; 1 7. tzav; lui;,, ..(0. BRW1NO MACHINE AGENCIES 1912. SS.lSM ; 191 J, SS.0.'7: 1914, S.492.H4 ; 191,', S2.104.ll ; 1918. 3,242.4S; 1917, 3,834.H 101H, (4.S01.N8. AUTOMOBILE DEALERS 1912, 118,. 116; 191.1, $16, 3.-0 : 1914. SH.1M; llu. 16,210; 1916, $23,85$,- 1917. $33,770; l'JJS, 537,935. , NEWSDEALERS ON TRAINS 1917, C200; 1918, 0.OO. PIANO AND ORGAN DEALERS 1912, S2.140.39; 11' 13, $.l,l)80.6;. 1914, I2.7KH.5J; 11115, l,7Sl.S9r 1916, S2.114.M; 1917 $3,. 736.18; 1918. f3,664.85. TOTAL SCHEDULES It. AND C 1912. 1129.540.39; 1913, 1174.077.76; 1914, (ITS.. H53.38; 1 0 1 71. 1150,074. 41t 1916 S207.63I.K; 1917, 1243,1.91.90; 1913, t27S.:3.59." TOTAL LICENSE AND FRANCHISE TAXES 1912, S2S4.R2S.84; 1913, M32, 0117.37; 1914, I46H.402.02; 1913, S403.33U 18; 1916. (663.401.52 ; 1917, ?798,784.t; 1918, tlls7.147.29. .. . . ;. .,. Tll AneueS Valualkn. RANKS 1914, fSa.ltUJCG: 1915r- fA,. 748.446; 1018, t2J.6K4.Ul; 1917, 324,!Nt,. 866; 1918, f.26.32H,702. BUILDINO AND LOAN A3SOCIA-TION.H- 1914, M.032,969: 1915, 83,241.. SIS; I91S. S3 573,348; 1917, l,97,ll; 1918, S4.454.640. '. PUBLIC KHRVICE CORPORATIONS 1914, 1131.022,968; 1915, 1141,359.299; 1916, 1142,103,987; 1917, 142,078.7St( ; 1U1H, 1141,862.28.1. MI."SCEM.ANKOLm CORPORATIONS -1914, $10,626,916; 1913, $69.872.!I49 ; 1916 S96.229.09S; 1917, $115,002,40'J ; 1918, $144.. 605.7,55. TOTALS- 19J4. ;4",,l'04,058; 1915, $230.. 226,510; 11 $265,600,61 li 1917, $285.. 434.810; 11118, t3i6,2fc2,lo6. AGGREGATE VAI.t'E OF ALL PROP ERTY IS 14, (807,672.784; lUlf.. $890. 917.321; 1916, H9 565.943 ; 1917, $942 . 708,368; 1918, $1,007,821,777. .. which the Mate's revenue should be exclusively levie.l in . the' near future. We havo niaiW eHouli .proKress in this dircetioii to know that the million and a half of revenue from these sources is but a rx'Kinninif in the production of revenue that may bp equitably. (k velnjied from them. Under the laws as tiny are now written we enn tfh'n as suranco luu4 uKu a'rud liability, of an inerensp next year of Jcast a half a million dollars from one of the forms of tax mentioned. Tho Hpceial Ix'Kislativc Tax rommisHion, in its re port to tho (ii norul Assembly, has ree onmiended additional privilege laics that Sfill yiiaVI large revenue, if adont- cd, and ha ulso reconimendi'l' the sub- misHiua of a' eonsflTiniiwaTlsjuTa'il&eliT that will permit tho extension of our income tax in cover income from all sourecS.j We can demonstrate from the records of our department that under reasonable rates the incomo tax, eu liirged to npply to income from nil sourees, v.oubl yield additional revenue, in Meesn of that uo collected by the State from the general 'jiropcrty tax. We are tukin;; the .libiittv of priiitinc; as an apjicndix to this letter tie com munication addressed t your Kxctl lency, October L'L', WIS, by a, member of this commission, presenting an ar gument in favor of rejieuling tho pro hibitioifiii our Constitution, of taxing tho income from property, and c rec ommend tho submission of such an amendment. -'''..' , The responsibility placed npon this eomwissiou by tho' Zdiichinery Act of (Continued on Pigs Fonrttea) 1 - ' i .. r ft 1 . GEORGE P. PELL, VI State Board of Health Holds That Fatality From This Dis ease Indicates Blunder PROVIDES ANTITOXIN . ALMOST WITHOUT, COST Starts Campaign Similar To That Which Reduced Ty phoid Death Bate Whenever a death occurs from diptheria, someone has blundered, ac cording to ths f-'tats-Board of Health, and. that board announces that hero afler each death from this diseass) will invite a spirited investigation oa the part of a trained epidemiologist to fix responsibility. With antitoxin . avail ablo to every man at only nominal eost as tho board's first step in dealiutr with diptheria, tho health authorities insist that titer is a longer exeusa for tho .State s death rsto from this disease. 1'or several years typhoid fever.'ta' hereulosis, malaria and other easily preventable diseases hsve been objects of tho board's attack. As a result of a continued warfare on the causes of these disease the Htate's death rata has luse-n seduced till Bow it is oaa of ths lowest in tho Vaioo. Deaths from ty phoid fever alona avs dwra4 frei h:.'J in 1914 to Siri in l'.UH. In ctbc words, 537 lives during the year )' wer saved as a result of the boa. v.arfare on typhoid fever. The honTd haa derided that 10 deaths from diptheria a year, particularly since the prevention of this diseases hhs leea made so eaeyTind put within reach -tit all tho people, ara entirely Aoo many and should not be. Therefre, it pro poses to adopt a uetf polic- in dealing with thu disease. Tho plan to make a 'raxcful' investigation bv a trained epiileniiologist of"ea-h death, from dip' theria for the purpose of placing the responsibility of tha death.' lieforo inaugurating this new ttolicy of dealing with deaths from diptheria. the board wade provision whereby the people of the State are to be furnished diphtheria antitoxin practically free, of cost. The charge for sho i-arkagr, ir respective pf its sire, whether it con. tains ,ms) umt.i or lo,is units, is twenty-fivo cents, which is tho ctfst of th syring and th iaekage and not zue antitoxin. CORPORAL C D. JONES IS KILLED IN FRANCE Mrs. W. 0. Allen Receives An nouncement of Death of Her Brother With U.S. Marines V . , l JflS . Mrs. W, G. Allen yesterday received aiinouiirement that her brother, tW poral C D, Jones, of the I'nited Slates Marines, was killed ia action in France in October. Corporal Jones is well, known here where he has spent some time with his sister. His home is in Ht.'JjouW, He was a member of the 7th Con)nf 6rh Regiment and. 2nd Iktttalion of I'nited Wtates Marines and was in the first out fit of marines which sst into the fiirlit ing in France with the Aimri.au Ex peditionary Torccs. He was twiro wounded and had re. eeiyed a citation for heroic conduct. He was killed after he had left the hos pital and rejoined his cnnipauy. '.' LIEUT. ANDREW GREEN ARRIVES IN NEW YORK lieutenant Andrew (irecn. Ciunrmnv Y, 120th Infantry, ."lilth division, has r'i rived in Netv lork, according to a tele gram received here by his sister, Jtiss Daisy tireen. Lieutenant .tirceti jxm wounded in Franco in July and since that time has been confined to a hos pit:l in Knglaud. He is expected to ar rive, here iu several da vs. ' HENRY VAN STORY NEW , MANAGER OF YARBOROUGH Henry K Van Story, who has been identified with various hotels in the Sufitli, is the new manager of the Yar borough HotcI4 lie succeeds T. C. Jones, Jr., who h resigned to enter other work in tho city. ilr. Vaa Htory is a native of Ureenaboro Sad lias had lrTe hotel experienco in (ireensboro, Wiustnn-Salom, Atlanta, Ashevilla and New Orleans. - . ILL IMVESTiGATE DIPHTHERIA DEATHS LAUNCH METHOD SI E Meeting Will Be Held Here Tuesday and Wednesday, at . Edcnton Street Church PROMINENT METHODISTS ARE EXPECTED HERE Object la To Observe Centenary of American Methodism By . Baiting $1,600,000 the great centenary movement of ths Methodist Oft arch will ba launched in Raleigh and the Raleigh district at a nesting to be held hera Tuesday snd Wednesday of this week, January 14 and 15, at Edcatoa Street church. While this will ba one of a series of group meetings to bo held during the year, it is proWdy tha most Impor Unt, as its purpose is to inform and in spire the workers ot the church, par. tieularly tha centenary leaders, as to the plans and methods that have bees adopted ia carrying out the centenary program for tha year. The first meeting will be held Tues day night and will be presided ovsr by Kev. A. D. Wilcox, who has been appointed centenary secretary of the North Carolina Conference. Two ad dresses, one on "World Reconstruction" sad ths other on "Making Democracy Safe for the World,'' will be delivered at this meeting by prominent speak ers of the Methodist Church. Rer. T. N. Iver, of Nashville, Teun is ex peeled to attend the conference. An all-d.iv conference beirinnina? at t o'clock will bo held Wednesday. Loach will be served at the church. ' All ministers of the Methodist Chnren of the Raleigh district, all members of the centenary committees and presi dents ef women'a missionary societies and all lay leaders of the church are especially requested to attend the con ference, while the publio is cordially in vited to every service. .t The' object of the, great centenary movement ia to observe the centenary of Ameriean Methodism, .particularly its one hundred years of organized mis sionary work, by a five years' intensive intereession, increased personal conse cration and ths dedication to the evangelism, of the world of at least tji5,is00. Of this amount tho ftouth crn Methodist Church, has been allotted 3a.0W,(si0 and the North Carolina Co, ferencef 1,600,000. r ( psnr.siu -.- Night Sesmaa. ry or World Keconstruction. ddress "Making Democracy Rafe r the World, or the Message of ths entenary Through Pictures." Uoralng Sewsion. 9:00-9:13 Devotional exercises-intercession. :15 :35 Historical Statement of tho Centenary, Frovidcntial Htondpoint. 8:.15-9:55 A Rnrvev. 9:55-10:15-(b) Latm Amerlea. "i 10:15-10:20 (eV Africa. - 10:20-10:40 (d) "Enlarged Home Vision. 10:40-11:00 The Sunday School and the Centenary. 11:00-11:) The Woman and tha Centenarr. , ll:20-M:40-The Layman and the Centenary. ' 11 :4O-12:0O The Psstor and ths Cen tertarv. -" "- l5:i0 12:30 The World Program and ......... u. . ,,,, vvi ,ht, ; , Afteraooa Smaiaa. 2:30-8:40 IVevotions j Intercession. 2:40-2:55 Spiritual Resources; An Interpretation. 2 :55 3: 10 Methods Demonstration. 3:10-3:25 risiau Stewardship and fithing; Aa Interpretation. 3:25-3:40 Demonstration.' 3 :40-3 :50 The Centenary Allotments. 3:5o-:20-Round Tabes Had Methods Relating to Topics discussed- and any quest ion Raised by members of the 4 :20-4 :33-The Rig Drive. What is tha Drive f 4:35-5:0rtAd.rress: "The World Pro gram and My Khsre in t, or Where de in oo irom nrrfi ' "JOB" TO BE SUBJECT OF B. Y. P. U. MEETING '"Job" will be the subject of Bible study at the regular meeting at :30 tonight of tho B. Y. P. U. of the Tab ernacle Baptist churclu The leader will be V. T. Haithcock and the public is eorJially invited. . The program will bo as follows: ' Ieader V. T. Haithcock, - Seriptur'tv Jl-14-1-14 Miss -Elma n.trpe. Job's family and wealth Lorenzo Wstkins.. "J " The council of the sons of God Miss Nell In man. Joli afflirtH V. T. Haithcock. Job's friends and their debste Miss1 Arlesia Davis. Jhcxonjeat,ion of Job's Friends Miss Minnie HstcTiclor. ' " I Job's struggle and victory Miss Ruth Perry. Conclusion Mine Catherine Cain. S ORCHARD SPRAYING .. - "'. -if- ' ' " County Agent W. it. Chamblee, Jr., has arrangeil for several demonstra tions of orchard pruning and spraying at different places ia . Wake county. These places and dates are: I B. Par ker's farm nesr Raleigh, January l.Tf Joe Jlroughton' farm near 1 Zebulon, January 16; Cleiuents 'Academy, Jan uary 17; Cause's farm near Raleigh, January 18. W. N. Hutt, Wtate Hor ticulturist, will assist Mr. Chamblee in the demonstrations. All farmers in terested in orchards and : desire ta learn how fo care for their frtiits are invited to attend the meetings. AY 01
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Jan. 12, 1919, edition 1
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