WEATHER
Cloudy tonight; Sunday partly
{|0UJy. change in tempera*
• i.
GOOD AFTERNOON
Folks who itartwl the new year
with household budget book* know
by this time why all that extra
•pace was allowed for "miscel
laneous expenses."
VOL
52—No. 30
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1933
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
SOOSEVELT AT
0; MAY STOP
II BAHAMAS
Sails for Tropical Waters
On Board Vincent
Astor's Yacht
?S BEGINNING^ 10 j
DAYS VACATION}
(JACKSONVILLE. Fla., Feb. I. \
Pre.dJent-elect Roosevelt 1
aie,i -■■day t'-i a 10-day rest in
-,:wa't- - aboard Vincent
- y.u. ' rt' N'ourmahal. He
j,,,,-,- :v«r Cuba but may stop
I few hoi'ts iv. the Bahamas.
aboard koosevelt spe
fIA- EN KOl'TE JACKSON
VILLE. F!a.. Feb. 4.-(t'P).
p».v>'Roosevelt put cab
in;: car''< ' " i him last night
v v ,r":u:ru<: for Jacksonville,
fla.. a- will board a yacht
t ... • ' • iav cruise through
irfr. j;.-- - ithern seas.
a: " *eek solitude and
niau! - re he assumes of-'
,n a m^nth. Mr. Roosevelt
rr- . • •. his time to fish- ,
.ru .v;th an occasional
*j;< pt-rijti >n a list of appoint-i
r--> he must make to various'
c :v - n- immediat ly
a:':r! March 1.
HV heli h> t^nal conferences
TKerdav at't'.1: noon with Judge
W r; : .".am or Louisville.'
X. Raymond I. Molty,'
b -■ n nnic adviser.
B^haiii. the last of the "ex- •
jwssly invited" guests to the I
"little white house" at Warm >
was believed to have
Vk* offered a high diplomatic
post, twssifcly '.o Paris. He smil
W. > ned, howevei. to discuss.
Of his visit.
I Mr. R osevelt called it a visit
• him and Judge Binjch;;-!
f t er the g**r.cral economic
[station.
rs nay ni wanu
tie -:esicK-nt-eiect read through |
tie congratulatory messages that;
to* poured in since he outlined I
tie details of a monumental plan J
for the economic development of i
tne entire Tennessee river basin.!
The project encompassing refer-»
eation, power, greater land util-1
anion. flood control and other
thing.-, would put a total of 200,- j
000 men to work, he believes.
Mr. Roosevelt indicated that
ihouM this development be au- j
titCMed by congress and studies
r.'i preliminary surveys "prove |
tW case" there was no reason why j
M.r-> principle could not bo ;
kw: :o other great watersheds
:he country.
He felt, however, that the next
1"- " :.<? tackled should bo the
AriuLva? river basin. Such a de
tv- ^ rr. he* is convinced, could
fce - a:ted there within the next
years, or during the,
" the projected undertak-1
'•"•2 :.n the Tennessee area.
A? an illustration of the eco
rf-nofits of such work, Mi*.
Roosevelt called attention to the
that has been done since
j-* in the little Miami river val
*'• i Ohio. This was begun, he
"?iained. after the disastrous
^Pon. Ohio flood in 1913. As a
^alt of reforestation, reclama
■ " : lands and scientific
"■M control, the development has
entirely successful.
I: wa< estimated by friends of
•jr Roo^e .vlt that the cost of the
frantic enterprise that he has
nl«n.. I * . , rr.
ivii icnucsscc
niW would be several hundred
million dollars. He is of the opin
io. however, that the federal
*°vernment eventually would get
®<tt of it all the money put in
trough the sale of timber and
power.
^r. Roosevelt will spend his
*lfat!on on the Nourmahal, Vin
•tot Astor's sea-going yacht. As
t0r will be aboard. Others in the
will he Kermit Roosevelt,
f» of the late president: Judge
^erick Kernochan of New
and George St. George, of
Toledo. \\ Y.
The vessel will return to Jack
February 15 and Mr.
Koosevelt will proceed by train
"Mediately for New York City.
"EWS OF MIXON'S
DEATH RECEIVED
LJ H. Mixson, well known in
•^••eisonville as a summer resi
•ent f°r a number of years, died
_ Charleston Thursday. Mr. Mix
« was 65 years of age. He was
pother of the late Edward Mix
in tk° at one *'me was en<?aged
he "isurance business here.
ORDER DEPORTATION
LONDON Feb. 4.—(UP).—
Home Office issued a depor
£tion order today against Oscar
"*• Hartzell, Monmouth, 111., on
•*r?es of swindling hundreds of
j^dulous Americans who believed
,l* entitled to a share in the
,L'n publicized Drake estate.
May Head State
Department
Conferences between Senator Cor
Jell Hull, above, of Tennessee, and
President-elect Roosevelt and his
Advisors, have given rise to re
port.? that Hull has been offered]
the post of secretary of state in I
:he next cabinet.
TEXTSOF TWO
COUNTY BILLS
ARE RECEIVED
Measures for Tender of
Bonds on Taxes and
Sales Not Offered
Copies of tiro tills dra?>t,
which would affect the payment
of Henderson county taxes and
back taxes, have been received by
The Times-Xews from Represen
tative Ted R. Ray.
Mr. Ray says that the bills, one
of which would enable the county
to receive county bonds in pay
ment of back taxes, while the
other one would empower the
county to sell at public or private
sale any lands acquired through
lio.uidation of claims against any
defunct banking institution in the
city, have not yet been intro
duced.
The text of these bills as draft
ed follows:
A Bill to be Entitled An Act to
Aid in the Liquidation of Cer
tain Securities Owned by Hen
derson County.
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the Board of
Commissioners of the County of
Henderson is hereby authorized
and empowered to sell and convey
at public or private sale any land
tha: the county may have ac
quired or received through fore
closure of Deeds of Trust or Mort
gage Deeds in the liquidation of
its claim or claims against anv
KonL-ino Institution iri the
city of Hendersonville, or such
lands as it may have otherwise ac
quired by foreclosure of Deeds of
Trust or Mortgage Deeds, or
which it may hereafter acquire at
such price and on such terms as
it may see fit. ar.d may accept any
outstanding bonds of the County
of Henderson, whether matured
or unmatured, at par, plus ac
crued interest, if any, to apply in
payment or part payment of the
ourchase price of such land: Pro
vided. this section shall not apply
to Qny land owned by the County
of Henderson and now being used
for municipal purposes.
Sec. 2. That any sale and con
veyance of real estate heretofore
made by the Board of Commis
sioners of the County of Hender
son of lands acquired in the man
ner provided by this act, whethei
at private or public sale, be ant
the same is hereby ratified am
validated.
Sec. 3. That all laws and clause;
| of laws in conflict with this ac
lare hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. That this act shall be ;r
full force and effect from and a'"
j ter its ratification.
! A Bill to be Entitled an Act t(
Aid the Collection of Bad
| Taxes in the County of Hen
( derson.
The General Assembly of Nortl
Carolina do enact:
I Section 1. That any uncollecte<
back taxes owing to the County oi
Henderson, for the year one thou
sand nine hundred and thirty, ant
previous years, may be paid ii
whole or in part with bonds <j1
the County of Henderson, ma
tured or unmatured, and the Ta:
Collector of the County of Hen
derson shall accept such bonds
plus accrued interest, >f any, a
par, to apply on any such tf.xe<
i and | or the interest, cost am
(penalties thereon: Provided, tha
j the Tax Collector shall not be re
I (Continued on page two)
SIEGE STATE
DECLARED BY
KING CAROl
Follows Wrecking of Two
Standard Oil Offices
and Strike
BUCHAREST. FVb. 4.— (UP).
I King Carol signed decrees today
establishing military state enier- |
geney in Bucharest and I'loesti oil f
district whore a mob wrecked sub
sidiary offices of the Standard Oil j
Company of New Jersey three !
days asro.
The action followed widespread |
labor unrest throughout the cour
[ try which accompanied strikes j
and threats of violence.
I The decrees, affecting a sector j
I •!"> miles north of the capita', j
i were signed after a night of bit- ,
tcr debate in parliament which i
ended at 2:.'»0 a. m. ^
The senate finally approved a j
| motion of the lower chamber em
powering the crown- to declare a
state of. emergency throughout'
the country, if necessary.
TO PUT CURB ON
EXTREMIST PRESS
BERLIN*. Feb. 4.—(UP).—A \
decree curtailing freedom of the i
press was signed today by Presi
dent von Hindenburg. The decree j
| is expected to apply chiefly to ex- j
I tremist papers.
SPANISH CABINET
SAVED FROM FALL
MADRID, Feb. 4.—(UP).—|
Radical socialists saved the gov
ernment of Premier Manuel Az
ana from overthrow today after
Minister of Public Works Andale
cio Prieto announced his Socialist
party was ready to withdraw
three ministers from the coalition
government if the Republican j
parties would tmite t-j form a Ke- j
publican coalition cabinet.
JANUARYIAS!
HARM MONTH
I
Temperature Average Re-'
corded as 6.7 Degrees
Above Normal
A mean temperature of 45.4
degrees and a precipitation of
2.26 inches for the month of Jan
uary is reported by T. W. Valen
tine. co-operating U. S. weather
recorder.
This temperature wa-. 6.7 de
grees above the January normal,
I a high departure, in the opinion
of Mr. Valentine, although it has
several times been exceeded. Such
a departure from the normal dur
ing summer months, Mr. Valen
tine says, would be almost un
precedented.
— » ' <
Kainiau was nauco
the January normal, a deficiency
of 52 per cent, but variations as
great as this are liable to occur in
any month. Mr. Valentine said.
The rainfall was divided among
five days, the greatest for any one'
day being: 1.10 inches on the 2Gth,
of the month.
I The summary for the .month
follows:
Maximum. 77 on the 18th; min
imum, 15 on the 2nd; mean maxi
mum 57; mean minimum 33.9;
mean 45.4; mean daily range
23.1; greatest daily range 30, on
the 18th. Precipitation, 2.2G in.
Normal mean temperature for
January, 38.7 degree. Normal pre
cipitation for January. 4.70 in.
ASSEMBLY PROGRAM
FOR FASSIFERN
The English department, under
, the direction of Miss Mary Ilart,
j was in charge of the assembly
J program at Fassifern on Thurs
jday morning.
i Those on the program were
J Miss Josephine Kelly, who read a
| j paper on William Caxton; Miss
! Julia Thing, who presented Spen
! cer, the Poet's Poet, |and Miss
,1 Nancy Flanders, who read a paper
i on Sir Francis Bacon.
[\ This was the first of a series of
j programs to be presented by each
J department at the assembly pe
j riods on Thursday morning.
] MRS. KELLAlTf0~G0
fl TO WEST COAST
Mrs. Effey Kellar, who taught
■ in one of the short term schools
: in Buncombe county, this year,
• passed through Hendersonville
, today enroute to Knoxville where
. jshe will join her husband. They
s I expect to go direct to the west
I j coast and make their home in
^ the State of Washington, where
■ 'he is connected with a mining
1 firm.
Seven Held to
Court in Store
Breaking Case
Seven defendants have been)
hound over to superior court byi
Esquire W. L. Miller for hearingj
at the March term following- ar- j
rests after the breaking and en- '
tering of W. W. Hyder's store at j
Dana, on December 10, last.
Wood row Lyda and Vincent
Cole are charged with breaking
and entering. In addition, Caro
line nia»kwell, Lois Blackwell,
Ealy McCrane, Clarence Gilliam j
and Ewart Blackwell are charged
with aiding and abetting in break
ing and entering.
All but Woodrow Lyda have
posted bonds of $.'100 for appear- j
ance in court.
Th" arrest" were made by Dtp- I
utv Sheriff Zeb Corn.
It is understood that only a |
nominal quantity of goods was
taken from the store at the time I
it was entered.
NEW 5 AND 10
GROUP MEETS
Grange Unit Will Be One
Project for the En
suing Year
The working committee of the 1
5-10 Year Farm Plan for Mender-!
son county met at the city hall;
this morning at 10:30 o'clock.!
with (J. D. White, chairman of i
the committee; Miss Maude Sear-1
cy. Miss Pearl Jones, Mrs. P. F.J
Patton, Elmer Kerr, D. P. Moss, i
E. T. Frisbie, O. B. Jones, Noah I
Hollowell, W. H. Whitesides, and
H. L. F. Drake present.
Mrs. Belle Abbott Koxby was
named as secretary for the work-'
ins tf&mynHi>e r.^d Mis. Patton
was named as publicity agent. j
A committee composed of Mrs. J
Roxby. Miss Jones, L. II. McKay |
and Mr. Hollowell was appointed i
to interview G. W. Justice and R. [
G. Anders, of the county relief1
work, and Mrs. R. P. Freeze and
T. H. Franks of the Red Cross, in
regard to the objectives set out in
a resolution which was adopted.
The resolution set out the ob
jectives of the plan for the com
ing' year, such as organization of
strong community clubs, organiza
tion of a subordinate Grange, and
rehabilitation of the citizens of j
Henderson county through the en
couragement of gardening, appeal
ing to farmers for seeds for the I
needy, appealing for at least halt' j
an acre of land tor gardening)
purposes, appealing or tools and :
teams, in exchange for labor, and ;
in general the outline of the plan ,
adopted jind published last week. I
Announcement was made that i
Frank D. Pell had tendered 20
acres of land a mile and a half 1
from East Flat Rock and that P. I
F. Patton had given the use of 15 !
acres of land in two tracts ad- j
joining Hendersonville for com-!
munity gardens.
Special needs of the committee
were set out as empty glass or tin
cans, fertilizer for community
gardens, seeds, and plowing tools.
A committee composed of O. B.
Jones, E. T. Frisbie and L. H. Mc
Kay to lay out planting plans, \
methods of cultivation and spray-1
(Continued on page four) '
DEADLOCK OF
ASSEMBLY IS!
ANTICIPATED!
Repetition of 1931 Tieup
Along Same Lines
Is Predicted
By J. C. BASKERVILL
Tilt? Tim-x-NcwH Itttrcitii I
Sir Waller lloti-l
RALEIGH, Fob. 4.—Rocks ami |
breakers are ahead for the gen- j
« ral assembly and a good many l
are already seeing delinite sicns
(A another deadlock developing I
between the senate and the house, j
similar to that in 1M1 and along
the same general lines. For in ad- j
dition to widely divergent views in
the senate and house with rejrard
t.) taxes and fiscal policy general
ly that threaten to cause a wide
hreech as the session progresses,
the situation in the house is fur
I her aggravated by political con
adorations and alignments that
l.aik back to the Democratic pri- |
rujuies of last June and July.
1 hi re is already a definite ten-1
dency to fight these primaries all
i. :ev again in the house and indi
cations so far are that the sup-j
r*>rters of Lieut. Gov. R. T. Foun
tain, who was defeated for the j
Democratic nomination for gover- i
nor, are in the ascendency in the!
house.
So far this Fountain faction!
i L the house has been more or j
less quiescent and has been co-1
operating with the others on what
little amount of important state
v. ide legislation has been before,
the house. It appeared for a while
that this element had been more
or less mollified by the inaugural
address of Gov. J. C. B. Ehring- j
haus, in which he recommended i
-1 it--* x 1— x T • j. I
ai'iiur>t cvci(vwiiiii); uuu i-jcut. uw*. i
Fountain had advocated in the prL i
nnry campaigns and still later by
W • recommendations of the joint j
\jvV;nini'.l>e on government veor-i
Conization. Friends of Governor |
Ehringhaus were certain 1 hat J
there could be no cause for fric-'
tion, because of his advocacy of,
almost everything urged by Foun
tain, and felt confident that all
the wounds opened du? ing the
campaign had been completely
healed.
But there have been forces at
work back of the scenes ever since
the general assembly {rot here to j
prevent these wounds from heal
ing and to stir up the old animosi
ties of the primary campaign. It i
is now apparent that many of the j
moves made so far in both houses j
have been dictated from offices
occupied by elected state officials t
who were never in sympathy with j
the preceding administration, who'
did not support the present gov-1
ernor and who are not supporting
him now. Those here who know
what has been and is going on j
back of the scenes are convinced |
that this group of state office i
holders is slowly but surely build- j
ing up an anti-administration bloc
that is likely to cause Governor |
Ehringhaus a good deal of trou- I
ble before the present session is 1
over and call for the display of all
the leadership of which he is ca- |
pable.
None of this has actually come ,
out into the open yet, although j
there have been some outcrop- j
pings of it from time to time. It
is apparent in the air of suspicion
with which the radical element in
(Continued on page four) |
COUNTY BAR IS OPPOSING !
STATE BAR INCORPORATION
<*>
Believes Usefulness of
Profession Would Be
Destroyed
The Hendersonville Bar associa
tion at a meeting yesterday after
noon passed a resolution opposing
the passage of an act now before
the general assembly and provid
ing for the incorporation of the
State Bar association.
The act was proposed by Repre
sentative Martin, of Buncombe
county, and the movement was
approved by the State Bar asso
I ciation in convention last summer.
| The resolution protests the en
actment of the bill and provides
for copies of the resolution to be i
| sent to Senators J. O. Bell, of;
Henderson, and Stover P. Duna
Igan, of Rutherford, and to Rep
resentative T. R. Ray, of this
county.
The text of the resolution is as I
follows:
Whereas, the North Carolina
State Bar Association as an or
ganization has done much to cul
tivate the science' of jurispru
dence, promote and reform the
law, and facilitate the administra
tion of justice; and whereas, we
believe that its progress and suc
cess has been attributable largely
to the fact that it is a voluntary
i association; and whereas, there is
I now before the General Assembly
1 of North Carolina a bill to incor
1 porate the Bar of North Carolina,
and among many other objection-J
able features a provision in said!
bill to make it a misdemeanor fori
any member of the Bar to prac
tice his profession without main
taining his membership therein;
and a provision to make the pro- I
posed corporation an agency of!
the State of North Carolina with
powers, which in our opinion
should be exercised only by tho
Courts and Legislature; and
whereas, we believe that the en
actment of said statute would b_«
detrimental to the best interests
of the legal profession, and great
ly impair, if not utterly destroy, I
the usefulness of the North Caro-i
lina Car Association.
Therefore, be it resolved: That|
we, the members of the Ilcnder
sonville Bar Association in meet-1
ing assembled, do hereby register
our unqualified disapproval of said
bill, and enter our absolute pro
test to its enactment, and request |
the General Assembly of North
Carolina to defeat the same.
It is further resolved that nj
copy of this resolution be for-1
warded to Hon. J. O. Bell and
Hon. Stover P. Dunagan, senators
from this Senatorial District, and
to Hon. Ted R. Bay, representa
tive from Henderson county.
This resolution was unanimous
ly carried
(Signed) E. W. EWBANK,
Chairman.
(Signed) J. L. TAYLOR, JR.,
Secretary.
Broadway and Fifth Avenue Wed
Another romance between Fifth Avenue and Broadway came when
Gilbert Kahn, eldest son of Otlo Kahn, the banker, married Miss Jane
Heliker, a dancer. Their romance included her withdrawal from ;i
musical production because Kahn objected to a bit in which she was
playfully manhandled. It is Kahn's second marriage. The couple are
shown above shortly after the ceremony.
U, S. WOMEN FLYERS WILL
TRAIN FOR WAR SERVICE
National Headquarters of
Group Will Be Opened
in March
By TOM MAHONEY
United Press Staff Correspondent ;
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Feb. 4.—
(UP).—The Betsy Ross Corps,
patriotic organization of women
flyers, will open national head
quarters here next month and be
gin systematic training for war
service, Miss Dorothy Lyon, na
tional commander, said last night.
"We are not planning on fight
ing," said Miss Lyon. "There are
other service flying tasks such ns
ambulance work, dispatch flying,
observation and plane ferrying
which women can perform and re
lease men for combat."
Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam
will be guest of honor at the cere
monies tentatively scheduled for
March 18.
Kansas City has donated the
quarters. Dr. Frances Dickerson,
Chicago woman physician, has
given the organization an airport
near Deland, Fla., which also will
be placed in use.
1 ne organization aiso nujn-B w
be of service in floods, forets lives
and other peace time emergencies
and its members are pledged to
offer themselves and their planes
when needed.
Through Mrs. Opal Kuntz of
New York founded the corps only
a little more than a year ago it
now numbers 200 members, more
than a third of the country's li
censed women pilots. It is organ
ized along army lines with the na
tion divided into nine corps areas.
The lieutenant commanders in
charge of the areas are: Mrs.
Amurice Ames, Boston; Mrs.
Kunz, New York; Miss Jane
Dodge. Philadelphia- Mrs. Phoebe!
Omlie. Memphis, Tenn • Mrs. Mar
tha Morehouse-Johnson, Colum
bus, Ohio; Mrs. Lola Lo Lutz,
Oshkosh. Wis.; Miss McBirney,
Tulsa. Okla.; Miss Pansy Bowen, !
Vistalia, Cal., and Miss Lyon, Kan
sas City.
B. Y. P. U. WILL FORM |
2 MORE NEW UNITS;
The B. Y. P. U. department of
the First Baptist church, here,
will organize two new B.Y.P.U.'s
Sunday evening at the regular
B. Y. P. U. meetinir period. 6:15.
The new Junior B. Y. P. U. will
be under the leadership of Mrs.
H. M. Russ, assisted by a number
of sponsors, and they will meet in
the beginners Sunday school de
partment in the old pastorium
building.
The intermediate will be under
the leadership of Mr. Claude
Thornton, assisted by Miss Izorah
Reese. The Intermediate union
will also meet in the old pasto
rium building.
ARRIVES at HALIFAX
HALIFAX, N. S., Feb. 4.—
(UP).—Peter Verigin. patriarch
of Western Canada's strange
Doukhobar sect, arrived here last
night under guard to be deported
to his native Russia.
Senate Officer
Is Suspended at
Hearing Friday
Sergeant-at-Arms Waits
Action as Sequel to
Published Article
By HARRY FERGUSON
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4. (UP).
The senate yesterday suspended
David S. Barry, its serjeant-at
arms, until Tuesday for writing a
magazine article in which he im
plied some senators and represen
tatives sold their votes.
At 1 p. m.. Tuesday the senate
will begin consideration of wheth
er Barry shall be discharged from
his position and whether any fur
ther action shall be taken against
him on the grounds that he alleg
edly is in contempt of the senate.
In the meantime the case will
be in the hands of the judiciary
committee and with it go two res
olutions offered bv Senator Walsh,
Dem., Mont., to turn the proceed
ings over to the district attorney
of the District of Columbia and
the district attorney for the south
ern district of New York where
the magazine. The New Outlook
The purpose of the resolution
Walsh said, is to determine wheth
quired to accept anv bonds :n pari
payment of any taxes, unless the
taxpayer using same shall, at ihs
same time, complete the payment
of the taxes for any year or years
on which such bond or bonds are
applied: Provided, further, that
(Continued on page four)
Nettles States
He's Satisfied
At Lea Hearing
ASHEVILLE, Feb. 4.—(UP)
Solicitor Zeb Nettles of Bun
combe county, returned here lat<
yesterday from Nashville, Tenn.
expressing confidence that Gov
Hill McAlister of Tennessee, will
soon sign extradition papers foi
the return of Col. Luke Lea and
his son to North Carolina tc
serve prison sentences on charges
of conspiracy to defraud the Cen
tral Bank & Trust Company of
Asheville of $1,300,000. The son,
Luke Lea, Jr., was given choice
of a two-year prison sentence or
payment of $25,000 fine.
"I am very well satisfied with
the results of the hearing before
Gov. McAlister," Nettles said,
adding that he had no idea as tc
the present whereabouts of the
Leas.
Recurring rumors have placed
the father and son in Fentress
county, high in the maintains of
Northeastern Tennessee. Thej
are expected to file habeas corpus
proceedings in case extradition is
granted.
HOVE TO TAX
THESE IS SEEN
AT RALEIGH
New Bill Would Pledge
Bank Assets to Pro
tect Deposits
legislators" are
MEETING EARLIER
RALEIGH, Feb. 4.—(UP).—
Two state-wide measures were in
troduced in the house today, one
by Judge Bowie of Ashe, to au
thorize banks to secure and pro
tect deposits by pledging their
assets, the other by Everett of
Durham, to repeal that part of
the consolidated stntutes which
i exempts foreign stocks from tax
| ation.
RALEIGH, Feb. 4.—(UP).—
I Senator Kirkpatrick of Mecklen
; burg, today introduced an act to
transfer the motor theft bureau
from the revenue department to
! the highway patrol, which would
I assume the bureau's duties with
.no extra remuneration.
The Tiinci-New* IInr»*ni?
Si» Waller lloli'l
RALEIGH, Feb. 4. — For the
past several days the senate and
house have been meeting earlier,
starting their sessions at LI
o'clock instead of at noon. One (
I cause for this was the larger
I number of bills on the calendars
in both houses. Hut the real rea
son is believed to be the fact thai
the "people back home" have not
been able to understand why the
members of the general assembly
could not get up and get to work
before noon and started asking
embarrassing questions.
The leaders in the movement
to move the legislative meeting
hour up from 12 o'clock to 11
o'clock were Representatives Rob
M. Cox of Forsyth, and W. C.
Ewing in the house and Lieuten
ant Governor A. H. Graham in
the senate. For a while it was
contended that neither house
could meet before noon because*
of the committee meetings in the
mornings. It is a well known
fact, however, that few commit
tee meetings have been held in
the mornings and that most of
these have been poorly attended.
It was pointed out by those fav
oring the earlier meeting hour
for the assembly that the com
mittee meetings could be held at
9 o'clock instead of at 10 or 11
so that all the members could bo
free to get to an J1 o'clock legis
lative session.
By starting at 11 o'clock, it is
now possible for both houses to
work for two hours, clear their
calendars by 1 or 1:30 o'clock
adjourn for lunch and permit,
members to get to 2:30 o'clock
meetings without having to rush
too much. When the sessions did
not start until 12 o'clock, it was
often 2:30 before they adjourn
ed, throwing all afternoon com
mittee meetings off schedule.
A large number of the mem
bers of both houses have been
willing to adopt the earlier meet
ing time, but a few others who
did not want early sessions to
disturb their morning "beauty
sleep" prevented its adoption. In
dications now are, however, that
earlier meeting hours will prevr.il
from now on.
MR. LANCE WEDS
MISS HAWES TODAY
W. E. Lance, son of Mr. and
Mrs. M. M. Lance, of Fletcher,
and Miss Marion Hawes, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Hawes, of
Horse Shoe, were united in mar
riage this morning by Magistrate
W. L. Miller.
DAUGTER BORN
Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Liverette
of Second avenue west announce
, the birth of a daughter Friday
evening, who will bear the name
of Mary Lucille.
WE am
ft Inwhatveardid fHE
CRUCIFIXION"
TAKE PLACE?
What American
BATTLESHIP WAS
DESTROYED IN A
FOREIGN HARBOR?
DlD THIS FREE ALL*
THE NEGRO SLAVES ?
For correct answer* to thcsi
question*, please turn to page 5.