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VOL CXIII.NO. 29.
TEN PACES TODAY.
RALEIGH. N. C SATURDAY MORNING. JANUARY 29. 1921.
TEN PAGES TODAY
PRICE! FIVE CENTS
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BEGINPRUNING ON
MONEY ALLOTTED
FOR HARBORS WORK
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Republican Committee On Ap-
- proprialioni cuis , Amount
. To Almost Half Sum
PROVIDE LUMP SUM TO
CARRY ON IMPROVEMENTS
Latest Proposition, HoweYqr,
Does Not Interfere With
k Earlier Appropriations For
.stivers ud Harbors: Con.
gressman Hoey Thinks Well
of General Assemwy
Th Newt and Obntwi Bureau,
S03 Dietriet Natioaal Beak Bldg.
Br JOE U BAKES.
(By Special Leased Wlr.)
Washlngtoa, Jaa. M--Tb bbbbbI
river ead.harbor appropriation Wit.
TWO HIM HOLD VP CAIHICB
AND GST AWAT WITH SIM.
Tuh Fla-, Jaa. U. Tw mea
MM ap Caakle E. F. Sail lb, at th
American Beltway Btproaw Cum.
any 'a ala oaUa at Ua ante ata
Itoa hot that afteraeea a Wat i4S
'clack Mt S away with a third
aaan, coafodorato, la aa aalaia
alto. They rarity of with thorn
Ill.TN la cosh wt Iwa ata at Back,
go. watrktaOsa, wK they welted
frees tka aafa aad desk la tka
cashier' ease.
1 i''
ArntODX.UUom?e)iltta,.wa only
.wreck of what ,U " approved b'iwta
TARIFF BILL HITS
ROCKS IN SENATE
Chances of Measure Coming
To Vote This Session Grad
ually Growing Less
Washington, Jaa. X8. Coaaidtratioa
of tka Forda.y emrgaey tariff bill
u delayed la tit Seaata agaia today
ad aaw rock appeared la ita path.
Witk fillburtering openly charged,
leaders of bothrtidea. declared tkat tka
ekaacaa of tka aiaMiir coming to a
at ia this session vara a-radnalrr
ieut.ia'i "scheduled 'fat tomorrow'
ut it ia plaaaed aow to' torn to th
TENTATIVE PLAN
ONREPARATIONS
PROBLEM REACHED
Proposed 'Scheme Provides Tor
Payments of Annuities For
Period of 42 Years
AD VALOREM TAX ON ALL
EXPORTS FROM GERMANY
Solution By Committee of Ex
pert Follows Widening
Breach Between England
and France; Belgian Delega
' tion Oiven Credit For Iron
ing Oit The Differences
f
Parte, Jam. IsWTb aaaalaa
tka committee af esparto af tka
' allid Mprowat caaacil aadad at
o'clock tkla aneraiag, after
having reached a caaaplcta ague,
tseatt aa tka aytem af aaaaal pay.
aaakltiaa ata "Grmvwf)t -rr4
... r
WOULD BRING NEW
RAILROAD SYSTEM
TO CL CITY
Bond Issue of 5800,000 Pro
posed By Chamber of Com
merce Fpr Purpose
NEW LINE WOULD LINK
RALEIGH WITH NORTHEAST
Extension of Montgomery Lum
ber Company's Bailroad Line
From RoleiriHe To Raleigh,
And The Construction of
Terminal Facilities In Ral
eigh Involved In Proposition
UNDISGUISED CHALLENGE
TO OLD LINE LEADERSHIP
IN GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE
Notleo fcaa bca publiahrd by tha Ra
leigh Chamber of Commereo.that a bill
drawa op by that orjranlaallon will bo
introduced la tht General Aaaembly
proridinr for tht treat loa of a ipeeial
boad and tai dlttriet ia Wak county
Governor Morrison's Opening
Message to General Assembly
At approved by th ,',tu fin Ulatioa ia diaplated, adroeatet of tka
a few dayt aro, tka bUl etrrijd appro
prUtiaai toUllnf about 25)00,00 At
reported by the Approprlatlona Commit
tee todar. It Mrriet appropriationt of
$lt,00fi00, witk aoeompaayiaf loadry
elril -appropriatioaa (eoatianiar eoa
traeU) for JM.7tW, Baklnf a total of
12,78a,700 awPropriated. Tkia it ealy
a little mora tkaa half tka appropria
tioat approved by tka Birert aid Har-
biU admit it wiU be diffiealt to ft it
for eoatideratioa afnla.
Aabarat Cbarxea rillkaator.
The eoatideratioa cirea tka 'tariff at
today'a aeeaioa eonaitted of a apeocb
ny beaator jubc, democrat, dub, oa
Buaaiaa trtde, wbick occupied almott
tkt entire afternooa and aontaiaad only
oeeaaioaal refereneea to tariff -matter
tad brief etetanfet ' eoneerntng tha
meaainc of Senator Penroee'e elotare
bore Committee.
w'"" h.J petitloa wbiek wat eirealatod yotterday. Preaa). A eolation of
Cmlee'th. bI rr".dpt Tb. ope. ekarr. of lliba.t.ri.( wat Otrmk. reparatioa.
ra , Committee, tne oi earneo p- . - ..... .kM rv....t ..k. k
bora
tad
etc trad.
tBr"' tarlnrr ' arr owiimt -. raeBOBn. ccsaEKt
today (Satarday) to eaderaa tko .
aiieeaaeat, draw aa laatractlaBa
far tka Bra . U reprraeatatWea
aad fli peaaltiea far defaalta ky
Ceraaaay. '
Prwiaier Briaad declared aa k
crme from tao meeuag early tkla
moraine tkat tka eeafereaee af the
Sapreme Ceancll waald aat break
ap wltkoat kavlaf reached a deS
alia decialoa-
Paria, Jan. ti. (By tke Aatoeiated
tke problem of
wat tentatively
Jaadintlhe Montfomery Lambar Cil??1'
Qorernor Morrlaoa la bit metaagt to
tke Qenerat Aaaembly Midi
To tka membert of the" General At
temblyt
Having railed yoar attentloa to tke
larger problemt of the State la my I a
augural Addreie aad arged your attea
Uoa to them in a manaer which I be
Here the people bare aathoriaed me at
their tpokeamaa to do. r now deaire
your iadulgenrw for1 tome further aad
mora particular roeommesdatioaa upoa
ona of the tubjeett dlaeAted ia my la
augural Addreaa, of which I gart notice
oa that oeeaaion.
I refer to the tubjeet of taxatioa for
tha tupport of the Btate Qorexnmont.
f belter I kara been neculiarlr an-
thoriaed to ipeak for the people of the
btate upoa tbit moat important tub
jeet, and I therefore apeak witk ton-
tire diagraee aad thame, but what a
wia ataieamaaahip and a great aad
progreaaire fiTlllintloa tuggrat at wlae
aad, without waate, aeeeaaary to accom
plih the 'noble purpoae aimed at
through tkeae inatitutlont. We do aot
want to more aad kara our being a a
crippled, weak and halting Btate, but
we want to aland up like a mighty
giant of rogreaa and go forward la the
upbuilding of our Htate and the glorid
ealioa af our God. . Tka man who
hiiperti "do alow, we haven't got
tke money"; "Tka people won't etaad
for any fooliahneea,' 'it aaleep and doet
not reallae lhat North Carolina ia de-
termined to make our gorernment atrong
for tke protectfoa tad upbuildiag of our
people. v.
Hard Serf need Blgkwaya.
We muat aot oaky take care af tkeae
BRINGS FIGHT FOR
PLANS INTO OPEI
ncnt pjf Jh people j OugfTrt ierrantt Of the peot," wd muet build
a rax
Disregard Budget 'Commission
and Use State's Credit '
' " Without Stint
SWEEPING ORIGINALITY
LEAVES MEMBERS DAZED -
Abandon AQ Property Tax For
State Pnrposes, BTame Two
New Commissions and Give
Executive Power To Dismiss .
at Will; Presages Bitter -Fight,
Opinion of Members
1 Ooreraor Cuk,tMtt :Htruo..iaktA
4 t;. e-n "n,.i.m. i
fM. h. Rt.t Coital t8Drina- Tlooe. I P'eieiy re..e o ioo eou...ir. a-a money la building mud roadt.
. ... . . . . i. 1 towna anil eitiea thia aonre af tazatkon : I Tk. Jk 4 tl..,
naanviuo ana aormr juouni ana nnima ; - - - ; . t ,7 , .T" ... ' I 1 , v.. ,k. i. . . .w-
out w ougm to icyj Bumcirnt huudi, i program thtll be carried tnrough, aadl" " ' '
other than ad valorem, to discharge the! tuy know that tkey are amply able to delivery of kit first meaaage, ke called
uigu uunes oi m. great ana frnrvm.ww ds , tr thev can get their PUbllel'or a wow tyeiem or raiaiien, aaaea
half aeeaioa yeeterday when, appear-
the county directly with the'protperooa
aortbenatern teetion of the Btate.
Jli maiUrvof. extending the lumber
company 'a line to Raleigh baa been dii
eaaeed for aeveral rear, it being re
garded aa a meant of eventually bring
ing the Atlantic Coatt Line Bailroad
to Baleigh, of making the State Capital
directly accessible to tka northeastern
eeetioa of tka State and of developing
tke important and productive territory
8tate and to administer our fTtate gov
ernment in rigid economy, though In
unquestioned efficiency. Prolonged dis
cussion and eonajderatloa of the sub
ject baa resulted in a filed judgment
by the people, of this State that td
valorem taxatioa. for State purposes ia
the moat difficult of all tax to levy and
eervantt to enact the legislation aeces-
tary. jr iiey aid aot treat tbree
things done, why did they elect me
Ooeraor of North Carolina! For I
advocated the whole program ia tke
primariea and ia tka general election,!
that State institutions be nbrldlrd
from tha Budget Coramiatioa't report,
demanded a Htate arntem of hard tar
faced roadt, tnggeeted the creation of
two new department! to take aver
certain functions of the I orporetsoa .
involved. The Chamber of Commerce J collect in equity and justice tad that it
from Swain to Pasquotank. How eaa Commission, aad recommended gtrber-,-
we ran ine money wnn wnicn 10 payinatortai power to remove at wmeaou
proprUtione totaling approximately
S185.000 for continuing work new in
progress on rivera aad harbor la east
ern North Carolina, with those river
nd harbor to therein appropriation!
f something mora thaa $3,000,000 rec
ommended for dredging along tb At
lantic coast.
- Jaatead of adopting recommendationl
for tb appropriation! of given sum lor
mtde by Senator Athnrtt. Democrat, I resehed late tonight by the committee
Arizona- following colloquy betweea I of experts appointed yesterday ' by the
Beaator Thomas, Democrat, Colorado, allied supreme council. ConJdenee waa
aad Senator Pearote, relative to- ia- expressed that the council would ap-
sinuations" f a filibuster. . The prove tha eommittee't plan tomorrow.
Pennsylvania Senator assured Mr. The proposed scheme providet for the
Thomaa that, ht had aot intended by ayment of annuities on a sliding scale
circulating kit petitloa to inainuate that of from 1,000,000,000 to 3,00000)00
filibuster bad been organised. gold marks over a period of probably 43
Senator King then begaalhe epeeeh rears and alto twelve aad one-half per
designated pieeet of work, tb Appro-oa Kuseian trad but wat Interrupted eeht ad valorem tax on uorman export
Briationt Committe recommended a ny "senator Meuumoer, acpuonean, to inat nor ereauors wouia do paia, ac
blanket ar lump turn appropriation, a. l Nortk Dakota, wko suggested that tb cording to Germany t prosperity,
it will be left to the Secretary of War tariff wa th nbjet technically b- ' Follow Widealag Breach,
aad tb army engineers, if th bill tball for tb Seaata. Tb latter mentioned Tk sudden ironing ont of differ-
go through in that form, t determine I th refereneee mad to a filibuster and I ences came after two dayt of a eon
wkare and how th money tball be tx-1 kO. AsbUrtt broke ia witk tk exela- tinually widening bretek that threat-
manont
,Hl do aot intimate that there la a
filibuster, I cjiirga it."
Placate te Beat! Thereagkly.
' Th accusation, however,' failed - to
interfere with Mr. Xing' apeeek aad for
or tit four hour pe discussed Bus-
recent ry took wp the mntter from the
viewpoint of a eounty or community
project, and a bill has beea drawa em
bodying a proposition by wbick its
framera believe the new line can be
come a reality. Meeting the require
ment of the law, the chamber hat pub
lished notice -of the purpose of the bill
and present plant .call for ita intro
duction In the General Assembly tb
latter part of next month. ' t
Create Special Tas District.
ia also, the most oxpentlvt to collect;
that It is no longer necetstry for State
purpose and that the counties .and
town and special tax districts of tb
Satte require all th revenue whloh eon
b justly and constitutionally levied
through ad valorem taxatioa upon the
property of tht State.
Tax Upoa Principal Property.
Z do not deem it wit to occupy yanr
time with arguments aad discutsion, be-
eaus I feel sure that tht question ha
Th objott of th , lcgifUtion 1 to I beea discussed for to long and with
crest a special bond and tax district I tuck thoroughness that anything I eon Id
Bended.
However, improvement work aow in
progress it not dependent oa th ap
propriation! 'in tils bill alone, for th
Appropriation Committee, in. its report
a tb bill, showe that ther i bal
ance of Si7 J 49,000 for thia work left
from earlier approprlatlona. ' - ';
ttoey S(rwa ie sapnas.
ened to break op the conference, it
being virtually suspended except for
private conference. ' Official French
circlet sir tb Belgian delegation
credit for th meeaat ia reconciling tb
British and French viewpoint.
The project in, jt anal farm, when
in Wake county, embracing the terri
tory that would be directly affoeted and
benefited by the extenaloa of the rail
war Una. A bond issue aot exceeding
SOOjOOO would be provided for construc
tion of th 17 milet of rail liae. Ia
tay would largely be repetition. We
now know that ad valorem taxatioa it
a tax upon the principal property of
th people and that when levied by uni
form rule infrequently - bean moat
burdensomely and anjuttly upoa those
tie. it rovarnmaaL Ita naool. ita trade! apprtrved by th feuprem aoaaeil. will
aad lateraal eoadltloas aad tb pro-id auDnunea so uermnay xor aecepi
event arrangements would be man lor ieMt ,ble to ply. A tax upon property
tb aW una using cither the Be board eeaariiy reaches those who by reatoa
or Norfolk BoBthera toralnalaia Ba- of jaflrmity, youth or teg lave lit
lolgh. It i ertlmnted that eonatruetio tu stains; eapevelty aad although
7.T?7;!.l7!r:' Pwtin m property, aeed all th
the Interest for the public improve
ment aad tht current expeasee of the
government? There it no difficulty
about it if w will but get away from
the idea that the only thing w eaa
justly tax it the property of the weak
ling and the widow, and realise that th
modera tent of justice ia taxation
tuggett less of the burden upon tht
principal property of th people and
more upoa annual income, profit and
butineta, '
Th United State government for
tome year hat beea levying and col
lecting th largest tax bill ever levied
and .collected on earth, and aot on I
dollar of H it upon an ad valorem basis.
It collected from North Carolina last
year more thaa oae hundred aad elxty
million of dollar, and every aoure
of taxatioa used by tire United States
government it available te th people
of tkit puts. Of course, aa etate taxa
tion, tom of it would k moat nawit
aad I woald for oae-wiement adriat
torn of tb taxatioa levied by the
United State government, But w eeuld
unl term. I a.,. i.. .1 . , " ' I uaiiea axaieo govvrnmrns, wus wsj ewuiu
t lUnreuntntiva cx-Am Hoer. of the I naata awfcibHihmawt af a Mnaiuat I tnee aa aa arreement outeide af article I u.i k. .nnM .... k aannnnn I ... "'"'" Bov-enrning einssesi , uia,. ui atBer
Nintk DUtriet, returned io Washlrigtoa repobUe, Hit titcutalon thereafter wat 233 of th pot) traty whkh ntruU mark; , S...0n.i. .,i ?. toneled by tb United Bute. Th j
today from Baleigh, wher k went to Interrupted only wken Senator France, tke re park tion commission with th
appear before th Stat rCorporation Bepablicaa, Marylaad, engaged with Usk Sxwig the amount of the indem-
Commlmioa to resist tb applieatioa of hint ia . m debat ever actions of tk aity. Thaa another eoaf erenc will be
th Southern Power Company foT an Soviet government. called to which th Germans will be
increase in rates. Mr. Hoey visited th Whea tk Seaat reeested Senator iavited.
Legislature wkil ia Baleigk, aad earn fang said tkat had mack more to Th committee of. expert! wat in tes-
"back with the word that the Legislature say tomorrow and it' waa aaderttood tion at midnight eontiderhg the ques
ts made ap of men or a niga averag i slso tkat several other were preparing I ttoa of shortening the period of pny
- - St. ... I - W IIH, HUHU IU wUVJ I W
www w.vveii piui, v uivHfliiw, I n,tid H..KU . k-. - V. ,---,1-.
is on. for. th people of Baleigk and a Md h, Buu Mth
i-C?2Ji !, idS! Pi"'r or deella. to do many tk.ng.
th county to the amount necessary to I ,.,, .k
fo? ar-fai-rlm additional taxatioi.- Th Ux vrhlch th.
Zl,m0?.V? d citiei and c-th.l
ill . -levy -upon th
f lnt.lliir.nea and with th confidence I 4. . 1. i.--i. -1 1 ... I n tMrt wnf. tnr wliieli I .. k.4.1 ewuniies, 101
rf. lvy -pn
meat f th Stat along a 1 tb line wai by tetderg t4 th, kat4)B. But it ia expected that the period of tion, and at th earn Urn th pretent "?. ' IVE ''
. jrith which ijghae leislatfoa.,11,, 8f yiasay-atid I irtytw be adoptodXsMrt--f .4--Mtty
Mi. Hoey it winding ap work In hit Th. vin ..a mnnm r tha
Office, prepewatory to retiring oa March Uoaey measure which have om eves
4. when ke will return tb practice of I ,nn. tv. Trnu
jaw la ooeipy,
Aa amy order mad nubli at the I UADfllRlrS DSDTY DCArUCQ
DaTatal Tianaatsnatit wr a m1UM Jtm i I 1 aVIltJ af I fill I I B wnartWw lawaltT
vv aa Avaaa tiMVUt mwnmf a vw wan aw v
Edward H. Hick from duty with th
'Fifth Field Artillery at Camp Bragg
and directs him to proceed to Saa Fran
citco, wber be will ambark for Manila
for duty witk either the S4th or 25th
as ' th whole agreement is outside the
ni.nt . will mtmhm tha ink aW tn- I rmt mu.w4w KnnAm naiM k, a na I eOmlng mor IBd B10r eipettliv b-
Oermanr-. . I cent, giring th county a retura of 1 e . 1 preper7 aotB mo fa
Confereneet betweea small xroup of per cent Under suck a plaa th prop "- pec u peopie.
proper committee of tha General
embly ought to ascerUIa . what rev
an North Carolina aeedt to pay tkt
necessary interest upoa tb money
which thou Id be borrowed to put oar
educational and ehariubl institutions
pen a sound and wis basis, and to
build a system of.hMi-sure4 kiJi-
way! in this SUte. .tnd thta Iftvy It.
The ' money eaa be Touad without bp-
pressloa or injustice to anybody. We
can tax every bntlaest aad trade in
without cause executive oflieert aot
elected by the people.
From approbatioa dh'at heralded tb
meamge at tht greatest ' Stat paper
tine North Carolina waa one . of the
thirteea colonic, to oppositioa that
Ihreatena doom to the ptogram th
receptioa of the Governor 'a recommen
dations ran the gamut of legislative
feeling. Oa thing ia certain, th
andlaguiae challenge to th conserva
tive leedershlp, with indication! of
generous tupport. presage a battl tkat
may make the 1W21 tenloa memor
able, -
Both House! eaaaed th routine of '
their procedure ad assembled ia tk
Hall of .th Home a few miautet be
for noon yesterday. 8hort recette
In each chamber had preceded the hour
of noon, act for the appearance of th
Executive. Neither had don mor thaa
th introduction of a few minor loevt
niMiur, lad tb clearing of th ea
eadar of sack bills a bad aem front
tb eommittees. Th Goveraor't
tag ovorakadowed tk aeaaioaa, ; ; '
Aasotably Cheara Covomor.. ' '
Th Hoat gallery begaa tiling whea
tb aemioa wuj convened at 11 o'clock.
tke lobby of th chamber wat fairly ,
well tiled by the noon hoar, aad
laborer brought chain far th 8ena.
tor aad placed them ia th aisles,
8 peak r Grier and Ueuteasmt Cover
nor Cooper at together at the Speak"
er'i deakC l.Jn. NutUll, and Mite Ida
Morrison, tisteft of th Governor, oci 7
copied ehairt at the left - of th
speaker's-'diasv1
ejeounry' bond, would boar S per eeBtfJ' ' A"'".".?! Nortk Carolina and .lattify tke trades as tkey entered tk chamber.
- interest, wkile .tke lumber oompany'i J' j 1 8J- " It buriaeme. W. eaa Ux income; Accompanied by a joint .
Field Artillery, depending apoa assign'
meat apoa hit arrival. .
Two Postmaatora Named.
Two North Carolina postmasters war
' appointed today. Kufut C Hateell was
. appoiated postmaster at Archdale, Baa
dolpk county, vice . Jess W. Blair, re
tigned, and Curtis W. Stoke at New
ton., Davidson county, ueeeding James
, F. Stokes, resigned. Both - tr fourth
elss office. . Charles A. Craig wat
aamed acting postmaater at. Saw Mill.
Tb Shuford National Baak, of New
- tonr N. C, has mad applieatioa to th
. Comptroller of tb Currency for author
" " Ity to increase u capital ttoek from
teofloo to siooioo.
C E. Hope, secretary of tb SUtet
viUe Chamber of Common, and
Char let H. Turner, also from SUtee-
: -of th housing conference of the
United Sutet Chamber of Commerce -
Tar Heel Organisation Completed.
The North Carolina Society of Wash-
. ington is about to get lata th swing
of activity for tha winter and spring.
Presidentelect Will Oo To Fish.
ing Ground Td Southwest
For Few Days
- Miami, Fla., Jan. 28. Th house-boat
Victoria, oa which President-elect Hard
ing it cruising down the Florida coast,
tied nap " tonight- at-Fort-Lauderdale,
about 30 miles above Miami, and Is ex
pected to complete her southward. voy
age to tbi port tomorrow.
Miami i th uthermost point 'ta 'h
Victoria schedule, but after
result if aa agreeemnt" were ntK reach
ed. Tb general opinion aeemed to be I
that, thould failure result, M. Doumer, I
French minister of finance, would be I
held respontible for raiting obstructions I
to a tettlement of the reparationt quet-1
tioa and Sad it necessary to resign. I
Persons close to Premier Briand ex
pressed th belief that if M. Briand
were aaable to conciliate the French
view with that of th British he would
aad eftiet and eountiea of the Stat
larger revenue. -
Stat Caa Bala Enoaxk Serena.
Bat beesute we ro about to adopt ;
new system of taxatioa under wbick ad
w eaa tax annual profits 1 wo eaa levy
f ranchita aad lnheriUnce Ux ete.. Our
difficulty in finding revenue through
just taxation it aothing Ilk so great
a it it to find public men with tle
eonrtge to go forward aad levy it.
No Need For Extra Taxation.
We eaa construct a system of high-
ways la North Carolina without in
creasing the taxatioa now paid one dol
lar by limply adopting the modera con
eeptioa of progressive government;
borrow th money, and use th auto-
nMtie.llt -mt. mA alia kWkK.Kl mm
-Organixation has just beea completed, ak here about soon tomorrow to put
a - iwiiwii 1 her distinguished guestt ashor for a
appoiniaient 01 aa aaviaory eommutCC, I pn, e( golf. ( - - --'i
,.AA!l.fe,l5. SSI - Ptcpority of denaany.
a follows:
Member- at larg., Mr. Josephu pi,ed her for th President-elect aad
panitls, of. Baleigh j, Mr. A.. W. Me- hi party, bat aftr eonsulutioa with
Imn, of Lumbertoaj T. M. Robertson, him official of th local reception com-
of Randolph; Mrs. H. E C. Bryaat, of mittee. announced that hi visit would
Charlotte t B. H. McNeill, f WUkee- be celebrated enly by a display of fUgt
- beroj Mrs. J. 8. Tomliasoa, of Bute- aad other patriot emblems. It aow
vilie. By congressional dittriets, tb is xpeetodVtkat tomorrow' call here
membert of tke committo art: First,! will b mor or lea perfunctory, bat
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mi osi rnr-iri nnnicrit aeiegaies went oa mia anersooa in 1 anion ia-.es oa an aiiracur invesimeni 1 . . '
MIAMI UN IH tlK tnUlit tB effort to dear ap th tangle in th aspect for th coontyr - ."f Te' but th Popl from
ituatioa whieh had arisen. Th Bpeeial tax diatrict that would be socai government ootain mor oeae-
tf.k a..i.tu. r. bi, I Miiul Wu tnllnm Ralaivh tnwaihln I St thaa ia th past, and mors thaa it
Speculation was rife throughout the that portioa of Nona Biver township I received in any -ther country la. the
day at to what ultimately would be the f lying aad being to tk aat of the Ba-1 jroria, 11 it, tnererore, necessary, an-
icign ana was r orest main roaa vm 1 " " cimru me prog
Miilbrook and Wyatt; that portioa of 0' our people, to allow the towns
St. Matthew' township lying to the
went of Neute river and north of the
Miiburni road; and -that portion ef
Wake Forest township lying and being
to tha east of Smith's creek and to tht
north aad east of Neut river from the valorem taxatioa will be released to
mouth ot Smith' creek tk tke corner tb counties and the town and cities,
of Neus river, St. Matthew's and Wakt w mutt not conclude that the SUte
Forest township. will b enable t raise by constitutional
The aotico issued by the. chamber, aad just taxation all th revenue which
th. tArritAnr. .? ta Is ... .1 ... .
revlmHo. ofth.onUr.FTo.che.bJnit. "?!!. th. intution. UbliAed. for the "J kJ ".IIH
Lett ia th aftoocB-tllteTBttvo4 l.u!iw.mu s 1 ear ana maintenance of 1U an fortunate I ''X"h7ZYl" il t.
propositus wn submitted to the pnchl "'MtTomery lumber Cmany rail-j,B4 defective people te rapport its ia- it ". -I.!.' f.l-
dslegatea, providing for fixed annuities Jf '" J Pf"t "'" ttitntioBt for , higher-JearaiBg and to '.LlJ '.I th. pSXTZIT !f ti'
... m f - " , , IWaka Foreat tnwuhln. Vaka rnuatv I .n . .1-3:..! . . .5 - . I ClUllvely to tb Btat MM Of th
taout twtaaget i ta lower xndiaa nver nuitiet figured oa Germany ! foreign 7 ' fTI.v eommonweattk. Wo caa Ui tke people .imL ..! 7
th .Vietoria gocinto trouble avral Li. r oa tk Norfolk Boutfcera Bailway witk-Lr th. Bt.i. .. -1. .iTi.r..t I titi " eoanUe.-. Th Ineom
-?XmL- wi r.-i- 1 -n iT-i-tvi-i. r - - - 1 1 T " " T-iT 1 1 I IW4 I nH laVCTarai KV BTKak BaTatta. AtiiIaM I -' . . - .
nmra who ibo Bmioju oDi.rucvioni ox i ., ThiJ Dlam WaVtv afffffttM to tir uitia-1 " -""v. v. uuuuu1
faction to th. French viewpoint that, ? ld:e.,r. to a point on , th Sea-
owiag to th impoealbility of determia- "T!'" -" ." V"VI 7 ;
d eitjr. ' '
A. C Io.RiM Iits Spring Bopo.
: At tb pretent time th Atlantic Coast
Line BsJlrbad operate a branch line
from Bocky Mount to . Nashville to
8ptng Hop. ' Th Montgomery Lum
iCommittt
sent to conduct him to the Hall ef
th House, Oovraor Morrison nteredl
a quarter of aa hour past noon, and.
mounted the platform. Tht asseta.
blaga stood aad cheered a h entered,
and -'agaia applsudcd him whea ho
tamed from shaking bands with Speak
er Urier and Mr. Cooper to begin,
hi address. Ht wa ia eieelleat yoie '
aad read clearly, aad with fore. ,
Clear Cat Docameat.
: No executive message, witbia the
memory of hny present member of tb .
a short
atop kera Mr, Harding will traaaf er t I rf port th eireumiUneet to tht Chamber
a fatter boat for a trip to a fishing I of Deputies and then announce the
mobil tax . ta . pay . th . Interest, and General Assembly, -bas-eea BKro
reane mai maintenance ana upseep u
not a aew burden, but will be a
smaller on thaa Is aow born bykeep
ing ap th aiud boles of the Bute called
roads. W ought aot to wast on dol
lar of this money building or keeping
ap dirt roadt ia tb Btate j our rev
ground to th touthwest. H will to
mala there ia virtual aeclusion for sev
eral day before beginning hi retnra
emit to St. AuguatU.
Ja her sailing today through th tor-
th channel aad oae had to wait for
mor thaa aa hour while a big dredge
backed out . of her wayln -on of th
narrows. With her arrival at Fort
Lauderdale, however, her trouiilea' were
Ibk mow what fiimiiv'i aitnatina will I BMiC '
be in the futurer ao wt Vf Fraace ".'i.1'
claim 'Ohemld'b-baBdoerV-jBdT
thia pha th French aad other creditors
of Germany would be paid 4t minimum
consisting of fixed annuities aad aa ad
ditional sum proportioBate to th eeoaor
lad valorem taxatioa as with it, but
with greater Justiej to all classes. Ther
lis absolutely ao reatoa why wt thould
aot rait, through taxatioa all tb. money
t necessary to psy th interest apoa a
Imffl.-lent Utu ot 8UW bondt td msJt
th permanent improvemenU aeeeessry
at our institutions for th car. of the
unfortunate aud defeetlvt of our SUte
and
Ux
1 rigbtly
COOLIDGE SPENDS TWO
from Spring Hop4 to . Koleevill Via
But a. The lumber company ia aow
knl.ll.. .-a 4
HOURS IN FEDERAL JAIL vie 7u Voai la 4dittoa u "Ving
it 'for aaaling timber to ita Um vlaat
Atlanta. Ga Jan. H Calvia Cool-1 at Spring Hope. The road has beea
idg, Vice-Presldeat-elect, spent tw I extended from Spring Hop tO WlUli
hour ia jail her today. He was the! two miles of BoleeviAe, or tboat 17
urr" "TTv r..T"a7?a ' "fa aad at oar institutions for higher leara-
expenses of aa economically admiaiat
rod State goverameat. .
Badge Beport Showld Net Bridle.
-There thould be ao. extravagane or I
wast ia this Stat, cither ia tkt perma-
aeat improvement mad at our SUte
inttitationa. or iaUtho annnal cxpenaee
ir tb fairett 6t"aJf VmriiWs
levied. Ia my judgment It ought aot to
be graduated. W would not graduate
a tax if wa war levying aa ad valorem
tax apoa th property from which the
income it derived, and a giaduated Ux
Upoa the ineofne derived from the prop
erty iajutt a nnjust at it would bo if
levied oa aa ad valorem basis. If it
wa proposed ia North Carolina to levy
a tax ef fifty cent oa th hundred dol
lar of value oa th maa owning one
hundred acre of land, and seventy-five
cent apoa the one hundred dollar of
valu on persons owning two hundred
acres f load, and so en, it would thoek
the. lefts ef justice ef our people and
tot for on moment would it be toi
leted; but when w levy it. apoa the
Mif Mary Weston, Swaa Quarter t See- Miami buioer scb ttiU hop that be I ,r,e,t of Warden Zerbtt, af tk AUaata mile of BaleigY The 17-mU extension, ft their aaaiBteaaac, aad certainly I lmt9m.: w fcaT f0llowea , popalar
J W V. H WBTtl a- . . V -. l m I , 1 1 a..L. ak . . . B f S-. X 1 . aBh .a. I.. - I OlaaBBBsm mtBawaW law BaJ ' SBa JBaBar w4 Vt aw aBaaB SawaB Ot 4 B 1 .
and, John Wilbur Jeakiaa, Warreatoa;! will mak a longer atop a hi way back
Third, Jdr. u. r., Taylor, jtogaottt rrom ait asaiag trip. - , ;
Fourth, William H. Pace, Baleigk ; , '"
Fifth, JameK.Mebaa Graham; Sixth BERGD0LL CLAIMS TO GET
o?:3So.;Tgh"u: .PASSPOrJTS FROM CANADA
W. W. Scott. SUUtville; Ninth, Mrs.
Gilmer. Brenner, - Charlotte .Teata,
Mrs. Bcbeeea 8. HarrieoB, FraakliB. -Tha
officer! of the ocity ares Pres
ident, Edw. E. Bnttoa, Baleigk viee
presideata, first, Mrs. M. M. Moosley,
. Windsor; second, Capt. Tarry A. Lyon,
Elizabetbtowai .tkird, Jamee Lee Boat,
Salisbury; foartb, Mr. Eogen F. Hart
ley, Clintoaj fifth,. Col. Alexander
Willisml, Chajrlott.' Th ' secreUry-
treaaurer it Eugese F. Hartley. Lexiag
ton.
Berlia, Jaa. IS. Orovor (V Bergd'oll,
American evader, and Isaa Stoekar,
ki ekauffear claim to havo
passport try means of wkick they ee- j
eaped from the United State ia Jaly
1980, and resehed Germany byway
f Eaglaad aad HoTlaBd,s eayi a dis-
patek from Eberbaeh. Badea. today.
Carl Naaf aad Fraak Zimmer. tke
alleged 'Amoricaa detective "Who wt
tempted tk kidnnpping of tk tw
men, ar still b custody.
V----,:. .Mil .-..i.lu x 1. m-.-.-A . Am. k. - I inerw aoeuia oe most xigia oooaomr iai.ii.- ..a - .- v.-i: . t j
... ... I . ... . . I ,K. . h 1 n ImtmmUnm mr ... . n. I - . . - .
paaid ay airs, vooiidg ana woveraor Dull a, too wobm eompiet a rail route I tsung th tax.
Dorsey, of Georgia, and Parker, of I from Baleigk to Bocky Mouat vUlBO V ,Bii?tio1 "I Income Bate Skoold Be Fixed.
LoBiiitna. Th Belt Vie PT-.id.at did I BolesvUle, Spriag Hope aad Nathville, fTV7, L V ?. Z . .1 I ' bcHev oar income tax should bo a
art talk to any or the prisoners, tt I Although aothing definite ha been I "- . V A
wa mid later, bat limply atad the I made kaowa, tk ibllity ef th At
rouads of th big prisoa. laati Coast lis aoqairiag th an tin
Mr. aad Mr. Coolidg, her for, the road ia vat ef it cemplctioa ia aot
.1 a : . m I . a .
tweeping ia itt recommendations, mora
clear cut ia ita definitions, , nor has
any ever been heard with mor pre.
foand atteatioa. Her and ther, h
wat applauded, bat for th moat part
th interest was too intent to brook
interruptioa. The Governor . read,
rapidly, and the 3,000 word message
was through within hs4f an hour, and -the
Executive returned to hi cham.
ben. . ' '
Campaet ia form aad clear cut ia itt
arrangement, th message dealt direct
ly with .tb ph-a .of 4aa .- tdwiTia.,
tration's program, taxation, expansioa -
la support of th Stat institutions t
with th eonstruetioa of a ayitem of
kard surfaced kighwayt; the establithn '
meat of additional administrativ ma
ehinery, and tb vetting of eohtrolling """
power in tho haada of th governor
over th appointiv executive officer.
Each was - discussed at length, . but .
without th as f word aot necessary
to th conveyance of tb speaker -
tkoughta. ... i
All taxes oa property thduld be left
to the smtdler eivic anits, and U
Bute left to depend": apoa - indirect '
sources of revenue, he declared. Tho
income tax, the privilege 'tax, iaherV
tane tad p refits taxes were poiated
out a (oarceo of revenu aufficieatly
productive to tbk care ; of tk cost
ef aa efficioat aad eoaomi Btate ad- x
ministration. ' - - ;
Straight apoa th hoela ef th Gov.
Soathera Tariff Coawreas, were guests I rearardod aa remot.
at a receptioa later ia tho ay aad I .The completioa of tkla Hao would, cat
were eatertaiaed toaigkt at tho Capital I tk distaae from Baleigh t Bocky
City aub. Tomorrow night a Vice-1 Mount by rail tl ht U miles, and giv
rresiaeBi-aiect wur sun mm saarsws ni u arst direct rowto t that city from
a aerro cawrea. no win o lauoaueeo
by-GvraVr Carsey, srk arranged the
meeting at tke reqaest ef a oommlttee
of aexToes. . - 1' ""'
Tb Bextieeting.ot,th cicty-JtUir T r A"rIaa-JBflifit)t ., U Xotlwaa,
Atlaata Gets Major Lsotwo rtaywr.
tt State Capital At preseat it is a
-sary to chaag oar at SeJma, Wibost or
Weldoa to reack Bocky Moaat from B-
leigk by rail. AJsa, traveler from Ba
leigk eaaaot go to Spriag Hope
ueoat of - Nortk Carolina would be
through taxatioa for th next two years.
Th progressiva. f tb SUte had Just
woa a great victory. We were pledged
t prirr. Wr had ameaded oar
Btato CoBotitatioa apoa. the subject of
tii"f , Wo had cleared away tb b-
taclea aal mad ready to tak car of
tkia State' aaferraaatr -aad t make
oar institution for higher learning
wonky ' f tk g la ' which w liv.
What tho itptcoenUtlseoof this wew day
ia Nortk Caralisa weaM de cob Id set be
lag Hop aiill Itaey ili tak fnai Ik an ilk It I
Srst-U Boaytte'rtl!0iln Tki preduec a feoling
be beld B lb ere ing of- febniary XI.
In addition to tka basinets meeting
there will b a program f variouo fea
tur. of vocal aad instromsBtal music,
tCaatlnacd Oa Fag Two)
according to . ditpatebe f rota thcue-
copied area today, atat that a or
ders for actio a against Bergdoll and
Bteeher - wer iasued. - The inquiry
into the incident is proceeding tb
dispatches add. ' . - .
rmn...MJ((Ml The root weald make it poo- " fear aad a danger of iajimtie,wbjeh
t.. "-iwjaveaaJh CaeUlv, ia Nash i
maaaged tho Syracaae (X.- T.) baseball
team last year, ke beea obtained by
th Atlsat Southern Association elab
ia a trad for Barry Damraa, iafielder,
it wa tAsoaaccd toaigbi. '- i"
without going te Bocky Mowat finst" u Ta't, f tht Uttto, aot merely
Aaotker dirwr aeeaaa ta th. i;..ltO giv to Oar tnstltatloa fot th an-
of tk AUaatit Coast LU woald .1. I fortunate aad defactJve aad oar tasti-
. , . I tattoo) for higher ioaratag what w
' (Coeitiaaed Oa Fago Two) Imast giv to save araolva from post;
fixed rat above th extmpiioa and let j craor'i declaratioa for th abaadoamcat
each maa pay according te his Income. I of th property tax for State parpoeo
This is just, and if' thit principle island tb release to ooaaUeai citie aad
adopted ther will aot be a murmur of towns of this score of revenue, cam
oppositioa throughout North" Carolina hia tweeping demand for a a stinted sup.
from th! worthy mea aad womea of port of tho State's ehariubl aad oda.
th But aad business interest from cations! institutions and for 'tho eoa
whooh so much of th income wiU, aad t true tioa. ef a system of hard surfaced
ought to, come; but whea w depart highways. -' L '"
from the principle Of uniformity in - Attacka Budget aVaovt. -rate
of taxatioa, there it a priaelplc Tk Goveraor't attitude ca taxatioa
te coatrpl as, and, tke body , levying waa generally knows, but no. oa waa ..
tb tax empirically decide how maeh prepared for tb declaratioa that if
roTTeweujTrosxrcr weep aaiu toe report
ef the budget commissloa aad pledg
Ut8tate'sjtrdik for xUnjMvxpaa-!-
srv ef Stat institution.
"Ka art of mea had aav rirht to aa-
dollar aver ki cxemptioa ought to pay I tieipate what tho iaomo af North Car
a oerUia amowaL.aad a maa with aa I lias would bo through taxatioa for the
rrighlftl people of It rfe incomes. The
nit with aa income ef five thousand
- (Coatiaaod Oa Pag W)
(OsotiBajad Pag Two)