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NEWS AND OCCIRVnV RALEIGH.. N. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGU3T 25. 1923 ; DEFEAT cr HOUSE Lower Cody Recommcmfs In- r vestigation of Passen- : v ' : ; ; cer .Bates :-' ; OPPOSITION. TO SAURY INCREASES. HOLDING FIRM Kembtr Ar Aglat Appofcat mnM of Ctmnaiiaion To . Draft BoinMe Bout Lofiila. tioa Fox Xnafitaunt By Etg ulsr Belgian; Pharr Opposed To rirkp&trkk PTan . Flat- rejection of th Goveaor'a pre- penal that the General Aseembty create a tki essaio a eoatmlnatew ta prepare , a. aui table road mil for enactment ut the regular session U Jannnry a ad the passage af a reaolutie asking It Cor. po ration Commission: to maintain tha present Intrastate) nnnnr rata mar a tha . motniat sesaio ef the Eons yesterday. With tba revenue sad school bill, tha aalicrtaca" inareasst pay Mil aad tha hulk of tba Ideal legislates) out ef tha war. the Hon adjourned at 1:30 tuMI o'clock. ; -, It was rather qnaat actios tba Bona took n tha reaoltttioa t appoint a com. mission to'Gmft a auWeble toad law. "There were several amendment adopt ed changing the phrnseolrigy of the reo lution and striking out the provtelon for th expense of tha commission which ahapt. On a vote a moment later it was overwhelmingly defeated and even tiamhet f alios voting sgainst ws - satprised. "" Col. Beaehaa Camero loomed a the fovemoet champion of tha resolution, which waa introduced aa tha direct eea aeauea of tha Owirwi'i epeelal mes. aage few daya age argiag the appoint aaent af such eemmissiea eeaauting af member of the present General As sembly and member af the preeeat Hies war CemmiestoB. Owe ef tb fint thing tha Saate P eeeded te 4e waa te ttrlk at of the resolution a claaae reading: "Whereaa, :the preeeat lawa are lnadeeate. That is- developed later, waa tha chief boa f eeatentto. It waa the Bona epia loa ea read legielatiea that pteveileJ t the last regular session. Tha mem berr of tha lower body mo without pride In their work and they accepted the language of th resolution) aa sons refleetioa of their law making eapekaV ttiee, : .. um,.. to Mt f fkailntta. wasted the reeelutien adopted, A atrang reaaoa ha urged waa tha oppasitlea of Cel. T. L Boy Kirkpatriek, ot Charlotte, to tha paaaaga af tha raaolutioa. Col. Kirk patrirk, after teadlag tba OoTeraor'i aaai'ara, wrote Mr. Pharr that the Saod Boada Aaaoeiatioa of North Caro lina, at a eon ea tie a her ea tha ere af tha aeailoa, eemmiM'onad him to draft the future road JeerUlatioa ot North Carolina. - , Brown, ot Pitt, excoriated tha (lover- ar t recommendation! aa a whole out la doiag ao h won neither applanM froa BietBbeTa or votea tor the opposi tion. The Houae rather gave hint the, bona laugh for objecting to tba Gover nor's, proposal regarding the appoint ment of a Coamiseioa to look lata he race relation in North Carolina. , Colonel Caaterda waa willing to atrika ut at the resolution tha provision for tha mi them and mileage of the pro this amendment la before it alanghter- d tha whole reaolutioa. Rata Matter la a Caiapraailaa. ' The Home yesterday passed tha Bhep. nerd bill to ft interstate pauenger rates after the committee had declined to take any part in the freight rata question. Xepreaentatlr Shepherd wanted tha General Assembly to in struct the Corporation Commission not to raise intrastate freight or passenger ... I . t 1 .-m n.J, Tatea anvil an twhi and a report submitted to tha regular aeasloa dealing with traaaportatioa problems In North. Carolina. The Tending Virginia eltlea ease, - which tha railroads at seeking ta re open, furnished the base af tha argu ment for tha original bill. The petition ot the railroads for aa increase la paa aenger fare la North Carolina orhv ed tha argument for tha eubatitute bill. " Following la th reaolutioa aa passed The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact i ' "Seetloa L That th raU to be charged for Inter-etat transportaUoa of pa eager by common carrier by 1 rail ahall aet exceed thro eeata per mile for the transportaUoa of aeh paaaea ger for each mil traveled between polatc ta North Carolina i Provided, however, that Indepeadently owned and operated railroad eompaalea la North Carolina whoa mileage of road la aaid Put la one1 hundred mile or leas may charge a rate twenty per cent higher than the rat abov specified but thla proviso shall not extend to branch Unci of railroad companies controlling over or. hundred mile if toad, whether chartered ia er out ot the Bute. "Bee. 1 The Corporation Comralasiou af th 6Ut( of North Carolina is here- ' by authorised and directed to msk a full and complete iavestlgatioa ot tha conditions of passe art' transportation by rail and by water ia North Caroliaa and make a report to the next General Assembly of North Carolina and th - Governor af tha 8tete of North Caro lina ia author! led and empowered to ' employ such additioaal expert aid a. he aaay think neeeeeary ar advisable te aaeist the Corporation Commission la aaakag such iavestlgatioa aad report. ''Sec 1. That auch report whea mad ahall be filed with the Governor and be by Im transmitted to the next General Aasembly." . . kUlM Bslelgh Jaatlce'a alary.1-.... The Bonis passed on final reading yraterday the Senate bill providing a 400 increase la salary for Judge W. C. Harris, polle court justie of Bal lgh. The bill inereasee hi eompea tstioa from (2,000 to 1200. Aa aftermath from th McNellt Breee aerap la the Senate Monday evening waa aa amendment offered yesterday to tha substitute previously ogreed upon by which the books af Cumberland county are to b audited, beginning with tha year 1818, aad oa- i t-nung ht dat. . , Fanners Begin Eichtecnth An nual state convenuon (Camflaaad Preen rag Owe) . ia known aa a pardoning govtraor, mm tktm added! ' - "Hkreaftor. if yea hoar anyone pala- ealng tha naiad af tha farmers about uhia great ana just mom, yeu aaa him, and IT1 pardoa raw-" Dr. Clareaee Poe. la hi praaldeat- ial adOaaa, which cloead tha morning trrarmm, insisted that tha aaproma duty of North Carolina farmer la to wark ant "la North Carolina a superb rami civil inn tioa, a rural eivilmattoa which) will excel that of ether Bute ta iml an extent aa our erea val ue alaeady excel the af other State," Taet Heart and Brain. Tse eftea tha idea, baa eeemed te be that -the farmer exista merely to supply food and raiment for aroaa civilisation. Tha farmer baa been long eaeugk called th backbone of th natiea. It k time ta raallx that k la also, te a grant extent, it heart aad braia. Ta aini ef aociecy aad government mast be te develop a civ. Uiaanoa, equally rich- beautifully var ied aad vital ia both teem ana ooun. try." , . Tnia davalopaaeat. Dr. Pea mam taiaed. aaa be eeeared by more effV- eieat public aebool systam, by a rev oluttoaary development ef real munity eplrit la rural North Caroliaa, aad by aa aariehment f 'conafery lif a. "What we aught to do first of ail ia te get rid of th miaorable. make ahift acte-teacher aehoola la North Carolina and aet out, Instead, te put high school advantag withla roach af every country boy aad girl ia th rate," Strong aa mar be ear prejudice aa aJast the word "consolidated," he added. w ,aad better aaerUiee ear preju qiobs (naa) ear cauaraa." ' Diaeaaa Pasture aad Fence. Tlte maa'a meeting yesterday after- waa devoted ta a dleeassloa of paatusea had feacea. Although tha tanemaat was made that gracing has been th most neglected pnase er arrteultane, a Interest takca ia the subject ta North Caroliaa waa mamifaeted by th aloe attentiaa paid th speaker by th 200 members af the conveatioa: . Tha diversio af mora laad to arraa. bg punoeea waa declared te be th only way la which North Carolina far- aura ecus combat te Liber ahortag aad raise the evel t product loa ta the Stat from 80 per cent ta 100 per cent by V Piper ef the TJalted 8tatee Department of Agriculture aad Dea T. Gray of the North Carolina Experiment gutioa. I- Mr. Piper deeUred that eractioallv all th land la North Caroliaa la adapt able tor graalng parpeee except those portion of Eaatara North Camliaa that have a dry. aaady aeiL He stated that th Departmeat af Agriculture has recently imported a new kind at graae irem vnua inet a la nad it will thriv la auch aoU. ISr. Piper empha. sited th fact that all af th graaaes tnai nave been most sweeess fully need for grating in . this country, Inolnd- ing the blue gnea thad la commonly suppoaed to be a native variety, have been Imported. Eastern North Carolina farmer were urged ta stake a wider used or tha -carpet graaa." a variety that has aot yet beea extajnalvely used mis otate, nutn as beea round emi nently satisfactory in tha eaasUI nlalna of other Souther aUtea. -It la Impoaaibla t eve erase Ma ture to tha extent that the usual varie. ti.ef grass will be injured." declared Mr. Piper la Urging tha fallacy of graa lag pastures toe lightly. He ststed that eihaaative experimeata conducted by th Department of Agriculture at tha Virginia Polvteehale Institute and ether placea had ehowa conclusively that pas tare ar Improved by heavy graalng and that thsra ia aa merit ia the system of alternate grating. . . u Holliday of WUItamstoa aad J. E. Latham, of Oroensbore. snoke aneu the methods they had employed la get ting good pasture ia aatera North Carolina nd Piedmont North Carolina, respectively. Mr. Latham mad th con. struetiv suggestion i that teachers la publio schools ia rural communities be eneoursged to teach the names of com. mon varieties of plants aad weeds. Numerous questions were aahed all af the apeakers by members ef the con vention. After tha meetina adjourned, mam. bets of th contention witnessed demon strations ia aa of tractors, silage mak ing, tile laying, ditching, terracing nnd dynamiting stumps st tha Stat College rarm. Adjournment of House Sched uled Early Thursday (Ceatlaaed from Page Oaa) . ton, D. C, ea th tth day af Peecm br, A. D. UU. 'No, UU. Corporation Commlsaioa of th State of North Carolina v Southera Bailway Comptay, at at "It appearing, that ea January 11. 1918, complainant herein, tied a com, plaint -Jslleglng that tha rates aad charge exacted and collected by defee daata for tha traaspertatioa by them between eastera poiata and point withla th Stat of North Carolina at various klada and claaaes of property ar uareasoaable and unjustly die criminatory ia violation, of sec tie ae 1 and t ef th Aet to regulate aommore and that certain through rates were ia noistloa of section 4 af aaid aeti It farther appearing, that the mat ter, baa beea held ia abeyance, la ac cordance with complainant's reoueet. and that complainant hag beea notified mat tba ease weald be diamtascd Ba les It ahould, on ar before November 1, 1919 notify th Commieetoa ef its desire te prosecute tha aamsi And H further appeariag, that com plainant has failed te ae notify the Commlasloa or to further press eut the complaiatt It. ia ordered, that tha complaint la this proceeding, aad it 1 hereby die aiteaea. By tht Commlasloa: J GE0BG8 1. MeOINTT, ' i ,: Secretary. "Now therefor be U reoolved, thst a committee of two from th Beast and three from th House ef BepreseAta tires be appointed whoa duty H shall b to investigate tha conduct of the Corporation Commissloa relative te say complaints brought te its sttontisn concerning th removal ef the unjust discrimination ef freight rates so long practiced against th shippers ef 'this Bute and especially as te th chsrges rbov referred to and mak report to the Governor withla forty days, which report ahall b epea for Inspection by nor shall transmit tha aame te th ant General assembly. "Soetioa f. That said committee rhaU have power te aommeaa -aad eom pel attend no ef wita esses and t pel prod net tan ef books, records aad paper.- ' , .- . I . - Seetiea I. That the member ef aaid committee shall be paid the per diem of the member of the General Assem bly aad aetaal expenses while conduct ing aaid iavestlgatioa, to be approved by th chairman ef the committee and paid eat ef th general funds of ths State, . . "Sectioa V Thla reaolutioa ahall be ia fore from aad after ita ratifi cation." r. Heme Held Dewa Salary Bilk. Tba House, at tha night eeaeio. lit erally howled dewa the. four bill te raise the salaries ef coaatitationol of ficers. State officers, jostle of ihs suprem and superior roarts and clerks la tha seven deparmerta. Tha entstaadiag ebjeitlm te ralalng anybody's salary wn "this ts aot ths nnortnaa ima."' Beereseatativea Bed' win of TJnlonH Vflnborn ef Hertford, and Dardea ef Greens, epoke aa ex esntiomefa af tha vreiMed aaeaearea. Bepreaeatativ Grier waa willing for the anuria ef th clerks to ae raised bet objected te aay amendment u thorixlng department beads te cmplay sack additioaal temporary or per maneat clerical aaelstnne as - they thought accessary. This waa etrikea fronth bill but la ao-vray helped it on third reading. Th vote was vtwhlmtng1y agaiast it. Lewder and larger waa tha vat ag ainst raiting the salaries ef the eoa- stitutiona offleers. although Bepre- eatativ Pharr explained that thera hi considerable doubt aa to whether a regular aasetoa oaa legially d this. A a result ef th heavy vote against raising th eoastitutiona! officers, th other bills were tabled a the motioa Of tha authors. Bay's Doc Lew Caaagsd. Raving gen through fifteen day of the sceaioa without being awkad, the famous Bay dog bill cans te life last aight as a bill to amend It went through the House ea "all leading. It takes away from tha Commissioner ef Agriculture the duty ef purchasing th tags for dixtributioa to counties aad places thl Sob apoa tha Superinten' dent f Public Instruction. Another slight amendment te the name -Wll was adopted te avoid conflict ef th But law with municipal laws which er working alright. Primary Repeal By Referendum Passes Senate (Ceattaaad'Trenn Page' One) iag aad goes ever te th Hons for eea ta rro see. The bill provide a sliding scale ef fee to olieltor ranging dewa. ward from tba MO givea for conviction la capital esses te 110 a leaser offences. The maxmum ia the eld schedule was 125 for saarder eases. , Seaator Carr effered a bill reauirin that every automebila driver ea ai proachlng a railroad crossing ahall atop bis ear withla 00 feet ef th a sorest rail ef such crossing aad obcerv if any trains ar approaching.- Th penalty at tached la SO day imprisonment ar aVSO In .or both. Tb bill wnt to th aaleadar eommitto for consideration. Seaat Night feaatoa Lt aight tha Seaate Paased tb flaal readiag af the tteveaae bill, without nirtaer amandaaeat, aad dispeaad ef a ef mlaor legiaUtlsa, tabling aetae ef it aad passisg some of It, aad ceded with a psrtiaaa flare-ap whea the eon. mittee reported wttheut nreJudios. a bill te repeal tb Abeeatee woter' Uw. Three Bepubllcaa ftoaatora undertook ta coavict tka majority party ef using the law aalawfully. aad Senators Stacy cad Tkempsoa retaliated. whea the Be venae bill name un for n final readiag, Seaator Glldewell effered aa atnaadmaat taxing dealer ia patent mcdiaiaes aso pes year, Wkerevneu th farmer vote gave pUe te the keeper-ef-tke-emall-atore veto ia tha cry of th oppeaeata ef the amendment. It waa voted down, aad Senator Glldewell ef fered another that taxed only th wholesale declert in ''proprietary rem dlw. Thst died likewise, aad.be ot tered a series of ethers, beginning with a S5 tax en retailer and coming down by tS atages as each amendment was killed. The bill thea cams oa .its flaal readiag. & , Th Humphrey Divorce bill rot called back, aad there waa a listless discus sloa over Its provisions for a quarter ef sa hour before tha Seaat voted W to 21 to let It lie oa the table for the re mainder of the aeasloa. The bill for reciprocity la th matter of licenses to practice law was the recipient of favor able action, aa1 the varioua measures for th relief f slerks, page, janitors, laborers, etc- providing them with xtr compensation, came ap and passed with out Biases t. The 8eaato declined to concur ia the Bouse reaolutioa to adjoura tomorrow meraiag at 1 e'cloek, but will consider it farther today after it examlaaa the caleadar at greater leagth. There yet reataiaa a auts ef legisUtioa ea th ealadar te be looked after aad eoms Seaators do aot believe that aa orderly cempletioa ef baaiaeea ecu be effected s early. Senator Long, of Montgomery, bent a political speech, the first ef the sea son, whea he aroaa te declare that bs weald ant off bis right arm before he would ever vote for a party that left aa abeeatee oter's law a the books. Be deaeuaeed the adminlatratloa of the law by the Democrats. Seaator Thomp son declared that tha law was right ia spirit, aad deserving of bs support if both Republics aad Democrat. Seaator Bisk, the flrebraad from Mfaeoa, took the cadge' from Long and deeurod that he hoped that th Demo crats wenld aot repeal It, eiace It wa sa of the best pieces' of eampaiga thuader la ths poaaeeslon o th Be- Sublieaa party, He clared that sol-, iera la Fraao had beea defrauded eat of their vote because the Democrats controlled ths elections machinery aad voted the abeeatee as they wished. senator Carr got ap aad asked: "Who was 'Se commander ia chief of the army r I am aot smart enough te tell, re plied the irate geatlcasaa f rem hUsoa. -wasal ties. fsrshUgl' persisted ths Daplia Seaator. I have heard it was, but I don't knew . Whatever was ea th mind ef Sena tor Carr waa lost whea Stacy claimed the floor aad chaftengvd the good faith nf the Bepnbllsns m offering the bill. He eerimeuted them for the spirit thst they had she- in draftiag for the revaluatioa act, aad for voting with It la the special sessira. Be hoped that the Democrats would kill th bill aad taha ap tha challenge issued by th ReDublwms. Senate r Fishur. of Barjv th - urtec law. and from' that waa. dared eft into a farther denunciation ef revaluation, and all things Democratic aata Beaator Sealee moved te take veto, Th bill west ea tha table. ; ROUND AND ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA : Wee Baataeaa Mea Ceaalag. Charlotte.' Aust.- St -Delegstioa nosed ef 13 prominent business and professional mea from IWaeo, Texas, touring ths south , to taspeet the tex tile iadastry, will arrive in Charlotte today. They will spend ths dsy ia Gastonla coming ta Charlotte this af toraeea. , Waato to Leak Over Caadldatea. : Athevills, Aug 84 Following tb action' ef th city ommissioasrs yea- terday ia accepting, tha resignation tendered by M. K. wsbsr, supenn tendaat ef city aehoola, ea August 7, telegrams were snt by ths beard to several apnlleaata for tha place, te appear here la person, so thst their claims could be reviewed and ta board get better acquainted with them. Mrs. T. C. Carter Dies. Mebsar, Aug. 94 Mrs. Thorns C Ctrter, wife ef - Msbsne s prominent attorney at law, died Sunday morning ia Ben; hospital after aa illness ef sev eral months. Mrs. Carter bsd beea re ported th day befor as better aad her death came a a shock. Shs was before her marriage, Xisa Lacy Dixon. of Snow Camp. Bh leaves two little girls, Mary Dixoa aad Bcbccea, aad a host of sorrowing friends aad r. SCHOOLS OPEN NEXT MONTH Stsdeato Bssy Preparlag for Opcalag ef aUhoola. r Every school child aad olle sta- deat abould hays a good Fountain Paa. The "M. T. Parker Special" is ths ideal pea for th student aa well si for tb grown folks. 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Funeral services were held at her home ea Holt street! la Mebaae and the Interment took place at Snow Camp Moaday afternoon. . "Clva Crass If Boner. Asheville, Ang. 14 Before what was probably ths largest gathering ef Civil war Veteran ' ta - Buaeoeabe eoaaty within the taet throe year, eight eree- ef honor war yesterday bestowed aWgaBBmanamBBsanannB. - ' r sbb. THE most rires!uiA-tHrstraen have ever tasted. Served vita either charged or plain "water. Al &euxx& in ioe cream o3a$ and as a topping for sxndaes. For six year olds or sixty ask the man at the fountain. ntf i:c The a SUITS DRESSES Are Arriving Come and See This Display. ' "r L' of Refreshing Style Changes Miss Saidie (Incorporated) RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA ea those who' by their merit won f,hem. The preeeatatioa took place ia ths courthouse at a joint meeting of- the Fanny Pattoa' chapter of th TJidted Daughters ef the Confederacy aad tha Zeb Vaaca Camp ef the Cemfedarate Vstoraaa.- . t . ' ' ' ?.,. i ' Negro staled la Tarbsrev. . . Tarboro, Aug. 14. Sunday mofnlng whoa the 4 o'clock train reached Tar bore fro -a Norfolk Eddie T'cks, a, aegro Prink aaajxoyf THE SNAPPY LIME DRINIC SCHOENHOFEN COMPANY New COATS X Every Day M. Kill, from Botky Mount, waj hit ea the keaS by an anknowa aegro aad his skull crushed ia each a way that k lived er Jy about an hour after ha waa Ukeat to a' kospita1 asarby, A negro wag sees ruaniag dswa the' track aad aev e: ' aegtoc followod hntll kc slipped eC late the wood. They were afraid te go further. ' Ne reason for ths rim has beea f and, ; - fTaf tKTBf; 1 1 i, any citixca ef th Bute, aad th. Govt aoa, aroee and la a loud role denounced
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