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THE ASHBVILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER Rain Saturday, coldte Saturday aft. mean In tha Intartar; much oaldar by Sunday. 12 RAGES TODAY 'DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA t i ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEVILLE.JC SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY, 1923. PRICE FIVE CENTS - ...v 0 CONGRESS WILL . BE ASKED S TO ACT I DEBT American Commission ana ueaaes Keacn Agree ment on Details. HARDINOANXIOUS FOR QUICK ACTION Soldier Bonus Looms Now as the One Bitr Thin? to Be Handled. IK TUB ASSOCIATED MISS) WASHINGTON. Feb. I. . The American Debt Funding Commu nion in conversations today with , Sir Auckland Geddes. the British ambassador as the representative of his government completed de tails of the program for tha fund ing of Great Britain's -war-time debt to the United States. The final draft of the plan Is expected to be sent to the White House to morrow with recommendations that It be given executive approval and be sent to Congress for leg- tilatlve action In confirmation of the commission's negotiations. A While the commission and the British ambassador were working the Anal details of dates of pay ment, denominations of the Brit ish bonds to be issued and other minor phases of the question, statements emanated from the White House to the effect that th President believed the settlement so worthwhile that It- ought to be accepted at this session of Con gress. High administration spokes men represented the President as believing that the debt funding act should be adjusted to encompass the terms of the British settlement and Indications were given that ' such would be his request to Con gress. . The question of the soldier bonus amendment to any legisla tion transcribing the settlement in to lawi foreshadowed yesterday in j Congress cropped up again today. The settlement was attacked and defended in the House. Represen tative Garner, of Texas, ranking Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee, assailed the funding commission s work as having been a settlement outside the law which -', created the commission and made possible the extension of time to the foreign countries In Which to pay their war-time obligations to me united mates. Soldier Bonos Tp Representative Mondell, the Re puDiican leader, countered with statement - that members pf ;,sthe , funding - commission ' had '"conter .eVTWitl Republican, leacjars in Congress ) regarding what hernia -. i awDuia d accepiaoie to congress A added that while Congress ws .not pound by the commis sion's action, he believed Congress wouia accept it, by a largo aia lorlty. At the White House it was said tne .president regarded the ttec tion of ihe soldier bonus issue in to the- settlement as unseemly at mis lime and so rar as tne oxicu tive branch of the Government was concerned the soldier bonus proposal should be counted put From this statement, leaders lit the Administration predicted that all of the administration support mat has ever been mustered be hind the President would back tip his stand if and when the bonus amendment is put forward. The President was declared to be op posed not only to the soldier bonus amendment, but to the attaching of any- other rider to the legisla tion ratifying the debt settlement. "THERE'S A REASON" I 'By BILLY BORNE ' : 1 r m ' w VWWWTVM. Jk. W I f A. Af- - W Jan. m I tfjm -Slrfe CONFIDENCE. U 10 VOTE IN SENATE F00 LOAN BILL FARM NEWS ITEM Mr. Carroll E. Williams, representing The Manufacturers Record, states that Asheville is the fastest growing tourist center in the country. Railway Men of the Rhine And Ruhr Return To Work; Improvement In the Situation SENATOR NEW WILL GET POSITION IN THE CABINET WASHINGTON, Feb. J. Pre dent Harding has about completed plans for the cabinet readjustments made necessary by the resignation of Secretary Fall, of the Interior Department, and it was Indicated today at the White House that a formal announcement on the sub ject might be expected within a week. All indications have been that M President s choice for the in. rterior portfolio Is Postmaster-Gen. Leral Work, who in addition to be- nig an administrator of demon strated ability, has a wide knowl edge of the Western problems with which the Interior .Department Is chiefly connected. It was understood also tonight that Senator Harry B..New, of In I diana. who retires from Congress f ' March 4, still was foremost among those under consideration to suc ceed Dr. Work as postmaster-general. It was predicted in' some ... quarters that his selection for' the place would be announced at the as me time the President makes known formally the transfer of Dr Work to the Interior post. INFLUENZA GERM 18 ' ISOLATED BY DOCTOR SCHENECTADY. N. T., Feb. 2. Dr. Simon M. Flexner, director of the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research, announced here tonight through the State depart i lament of health that Dr. Frederick 1 J"F, Gates, Dr. Peter K. Olltskfr, of the Institute had Isolated th mrm of Influenza. 8tate health officials ' position that the relations of the President Refuses To Deny Report Of Forbes Resigning WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 In quiries at the White House to day concerning the recent de parture for Europe of Colonel Charles R. Forbes, director of the Veterans Bureau, and of re ports that his resignation might be forthcoming during his ab eenoe .,' or upon his return brought the- statement that reWflent Harding was "not In portion to -eonflf m o aoy, tne intention tit me bureau di rector to resign.". French Apparently Have Forced Germans to Ac vcept Situation. COAL MINERS STILL REMAIN FROM WORE French Army Leaders Op timistic Over Chances of Taking Coal. IW THt ASSOCIATED PRESS) VThe'ertrtke of the railwarmen In the;j?hlneland and a large portion, torte" of the" uhr has ended and a re- terday. BIIIGGS ACQUIRES MORE HAYWOOD SIR E ET PRO P E fl TV Probably Will Erect Four Story Building Near Catholic Church. Bale of the property adjoining the Catholic Church on the north side of Haywood Street, facing the street for 6 feet, by the AlUmont Company to Dr. H. RV Brlggs, through Floyd Byram.- Involving approximately $50,000 and posslhi ly the erection- by Dr.vBriggs of a . professional . nouaanc evra stories high, ;Ws announced 'yee ALLIES AND THE TURKS MOVIN PEACE DIREG N Council of League of Na tions Now Considering Minority People. I BY TUB ASSOCIATED PRESS! LAUSANNE. Feb. 2. A list of some 30 points on which the Turks differ from the Allies was sent to the Allies today by the Turks in connection with the peace treaty, which the powera are seeking to conclude. The Angora delegates to the Near East conference still re fuse to accept the clause in the Allied draft treaty under which foreign legal counsellors would sit with Turkish magistrates in trials Involving foreigners, steadfastly maintaining that this violates their sovereign rights. The question ol judicial guaran tees for foreigners in Turkey, which Is foremost among the 30 points was considered tout after noon by the Allied jurists and an answer prooabiy win De nanaea to Ismet Pasha tomorrow. The Turks are compiling a formal re ply to the Allied draft treaty, and the treaty will be completed when this answer Is received.. A conciliatory mood le being shown by the Allies, and the vari ous delegations appeared to be op timistic tonight that the peace protocol will eventually be signed. LEAGUE COUNCIL HOIJ8 (ir TUB ABBOCIATUU rBKMt PARIS, Feb. 2. The troubles of the minority populations ' in Eu rope particularly the German ml' orities In the territory attached to Poland by the Treaty of Versailles, occupied the attention of the coun cil of the League of Nations, at to day's session. ;The Polish representative Pro fessor Simon Askenazy, appeared at the council's meeting, which was held in private. He took, the said the isolation will permit ex perimentation with antidotes and antitoxins. .''.' It was learned "that the germs lodges in the nose and throat during the first 36 hours of influ- - enza infection, then attacks the lungs in such a way as to make them susceptible to other germs in the nose and throat, notably . tmeumonia and bronchitis. ' ' ON ADMINISTRATION BILL WASHINGTON. Feb. 2. Under a bill passed today by the House without a recorded vote the Treas ury could use the public debt sink ing fund for the retirement of Gov ernment securities Issued since the war as well as Liberty bonds and Victory notes. Representative Garner of Texas, ranking Democrat on the ways and means committee, led the attack on the measure and Representative Treadway of Massachusetts, and Mher republicans on the committee Ittendtd It r Polish government with the people residing in its territory constituted an Internal question over which the League had no Jurisdiction. The ' members of the council were of the opinion that all such minorities were under the Juris diction of the League by virtue of the Treaiy of Versailles and de cided in principle that the mat ter should go to the permanent court of international Justice at The .Hague. The precise questions embodying the point tn dispute will be formu lated in private talks among the members of the. council and final action is expected tomorrow.. BUSINESS OF COUNTRY CONTINUES SPLENDID WASHINGTON. Feb. J January business conditions of the United States as shown by t statistics com piled by the commerce department continued the favorable trade -evidenced during the closing week of IMS. - .-. -. - - ; - sumption of train services has be gun. In the Ruhr basin where strikers have not returned to their Jobs, the French are operating trains. Tne tie-up at Mayence continues because of refusal by the French to release railwaymen under arrest on charges of sabo tage In the mines, however, the coal diggers are practically Idle and Friday s output was virtually nil The French customs cordon which was set up to block the transportation of coal and other reparations goods from occupied Into unoccupied Germany Is being maintained rigidly. In addition to coal and coke, an embargo also has been placed by the French on benzol, tar ajid all other coal by products. ' Along the canals on the Rhine and In the portions of the Run whnre the rail strike continues. the French have taken charge of feeding the civilian population ana furnishing "Coal to Industries. Announcement Is made that the French In a few days will be able to transport coal Into France. Major-General Allen, the Amer ican unofficial observer, has with drawn from the Rhineland com mission. No disturbances have been re ported from any of the affected regions. (tr THB ASSOCIATED PRESS) DUESBKLDORF, Feb. 2. The ..aiiinr off of the railroad strike by the German authorities and obedience by the railwaymen to a request of the authorities that they lesume work on all lines where they would not come in contact with armed French soldiers were the outstandlna: developments to day in the events of a day that was regarded by observers as brought forth a great improve ment in the French position iu the Ruhr ani "the Rhineland. A ma jority of the railroad workers in both regions adopted the sugges tion of the authorities that they re sume their Jobs. Complete stoppage of all exports of coal and coke into the Interior of Germany during the last 43 hours, together with the extensn today of similar restrictions on shipments of benzol, tar and all other mlno ly-products. were other developments considered of advan tage to the French. In addition the French have taken over the handling of food trains ' consigned to tha regions traversed by the railroads where strikes still, are in effect and also directed the transportation by barges . on .the canals and the Rhine of sufficient coal for the needs of local populations and in dustries. - The complete . cessation of coal production at the mines is now virtually an accomplished fact, add the Inability of the French to send b rail Into France any coal for the reparations account were the de velopments in the situation favor ing Germany In her policy of re- sistance. v ,. In assuming charge of the feed ing of the- civil -population In the Ruhr where the railway strike per sists, the French moved three trains into the region today manned by Frenoh crews. The traing were consigned to Essen, Dortmund and j Gelsenkirchen warehouses and markets. French tugs began the hauling of coal . through Ruhrort and down the Rhine to Dueeeel dorf to supply tb needs of civilian and industries. Rhineland : . ; At Work The resumption of. work on the railroads, is complete at Cologne, (CeuajMe m rum Himy Dr. Rrlgga "is the owner f oth er valuable property on Haywood Street and while he has made no detailed announcement regarding his plans for the development of the property acquired yesterday it is understood he has in mind the possible erection of a four- story building, the first floor ei which will be made suitable for mercantile establishments and the others made Into i suites of offices. Another large realty deal an nounced yesterday was that in vblvlng the sale of the 1ST feet fronting Patton Avenue near the intersection of French Broad Avenue by Henri Berger to Joseph Dunlap. This deal Involved around 160,000. A lot with 68 feet frontage, op posite the Carolina Creamery was sold by Haywood Parker to J. T, McMahon and L. T. Duncan, the consideration being approximate ly $10,000. TOUNO WORLD WAR VOT .DIES IN U. S. HOSPITAL rfewtot CmrtnmtnKt TH iikmUK ruium) halihbuk i , Keo. z. waiter E. Neel, age 21. one of the young est veterans of the World War, died at the National Sanatorium, Johnson City, Tenn., this after noon, death being caused by tu berculosis contracted during the war. Toung Neel. who Is a son of Dr. J. M. Neel. of this city, vol unteered and went over with the Pennsylvania National Guards. He spent five months a prisoner In Germany camps. Senator Norbeck Sup ports Bill in Order to Be a "Good Fellow." TREMENDOUS LOANS ARE MADE POSSIBLE Loans Would Be Made From Three Months to Six Years on Crops. WASHINGTON, Feb. . Con- lideration of farm credits legisla tion was concluded by the 6enate tonight whrn it passed the Len i not-Anderson bill. The measure now goea to the House where the Capper co-operative credits bill Is under study. The vote on passage was unani mous. 69 to 0, the measure going through without material amend rr.ent. The vote, however, was not made unanimous until Senator Norbeck, South Dakota, had with drawn a lone negative vote, ex plaining that he would be "a, good fellow." The Lenroot-Anderson bin pro vides for maximum credit of $1. 320.000.000 for agricultural loans through the existing farm loan sys tem by establishment of II agricul tural credit departments In the 13 land bank districts. Each would have 3k.t00.000 capital from the government with authority to double the entire capital of $0, 000.000. Authority to issus II. rut), e00. In tax-free debentures, to pro vide ad litlonal loaning capital. would ba given, subject to ap proval of the farm' loan board. The new credit departments would make loans from six months to three years on sgriculture psper to co-operative agricultural asso ciations on staple products or live stock. Interest rates chargeable would not be in excess of 1 1-3 per cent above (he land hank's redls count rates. The debenture au thorised would not bear over six per cent interest, under an amend ment by Senator Fletcher. Florida, adopted today by the Senate after soceptan.-e by Senator Leitroof, Wisconsin, ro-author of the bill. An amendment by Senator Harri son. Mississippi to have direct loan made to individual farmers wars defeated. In passing the Lenroof-Anderson bill, the Senate rejected the sub htltute measure of Senator Norbeck for which' a strong fight was made rrlth the harking of some agricul tural organizations. It provided for centralization of farm creu funds by proposed administration ot'.the Wa Finance Corporation. . Committee Is Named ToMaWAn Investigation of State Deficit; Morrison and Maxwell In Clash Morrison's Fighting Spirit Aroused, He Removes Gloves In His Reply To Mr. Maxwell oitiis stwt ruttn T4anaora sotsl I hi SROCC IlKtLSi) ItALKlUH. Feb. 3. Governor Morrison appeared in the moat dra matic role of his political career when he went before a Joint ses sion of the House and Senate, at noon today to formally and offi cially denounce a five million dol lar dcnclt claim of Corporation Commissioner A. J. Maxwell, and to demand a Legislative Investiga tion to determine the true and ex act status of the Stale's financial condition. Speaking extemporaneously, and with unusual force and power, the Governor appeared as the determ ined and fighting defender of tha honor and credit of the common wealth in the fact of persistent attacks on the condition of its finances which reached a climax with the publication of the Max well statement In the press this morning. Mr. Maxwell brought the climax, but Governor Morrison brought the crisis. Within IS minutes sfter he hsd made the formal demand for a full and complete Investigation of State finances, the House and Senate had passed a Joint resolu tion directing the House and Sen ate Finance and Approprlstions committees to conduct the Investi gation, empowering them "to sub poena necessary witnesses to bring before them such hooks and docu ments as may be necessary, to ad minister oaths and to punish for contempt. This afternoon th committees met and turned tha investigative work over to a aub-committee. which will begin formally the In quiry into the truth of Mr. Max- well'a statement and the truth of the statements of the treasurer, and the budget commission next Monday morning at 11 o'clock. This sub-committee is composed of Long, Sams, Harris, of Wake, and Heath, from the Senate, and Rep resentstlvea Murphy. Connor, Nesl Psrker, of Alamance, Coffee, of Watauga, and Ross, of Moore. Senators Giles and Varaar, chair men, respectively, of the Senate Appropriations snd Finance Com mlttees were not Included in the auh-commlttee, because Versa r was a member of the budget commla aion, under Investigation aa the re sult of the resolution, and Giles was In frequent conference with the commission during Its Inquiry into the affairs of the various State departments. The nper.lfic demand of Oov ernor Morrison In his special ad dress of today was for the Invest! gating committee to determine whether the Htate treasurer was speaking an untruth when he said the treasury had a deficit of 11, 300,000 which would be trans formed Into the 13,300.000 surplus with the, collection of the levied taxes or whether Mr. Msxwell ' CHnm4 es fr Sim Senator Heflin, Rebuked Once, Assails Couzens On Vote and ' Is Reproved For Second Time Hot Personalities Go Siz zling Through the Air in Senate. COLD- WAVH PREDKTKD ' . . . BY. BUREAU FOR, TODAY WASHINGTON, Feb. Jjt-A rolf nava iruni uitj nonnwest will over spread the lower lake region, the unio valley, Tennessee and the ln tenor of the East Gulf States Sat urday night and the Atlantic States from North Carolina northward Saturday night and Sunday and cold wava warnings have been or. dered for this entire district, the weetner nureau said tonight.. The weather, the bureau said. will become considerably colder also by Sunday In the South At lantic states and alonr the east t.ulf const. There will be snow flurries in the lower Lake rea-ion and the upper Ohio Valley, rains pronamy turning into ttnow in the Middle Atlantic and North Atlanic States, In Tennessee, the East Gulf State and In the Atlantic. States rrom Maryland southward Satur day, whilq fair weather will nrevaii almost generally east of the Mis sissippi mver during Sunday. Storm warnings were nrrti-rt displayed on' the Atlantic Coast irom tne Virginia Capes northward AID FOR STRANDED MEN AND WOMEN OF RUSSIA IB. THB AMmviATBD PRESS MANILA. Feb. 3. Governor General Wood announced today that the American Relief Ad minis. tratlon for Russia and the Ameri can Red Cross each had donated $5,000 to aid the Russian refugees now in the Philippines. He added he expected other donations from various organizations In the United States. Who Is Behind the Louisiana Ku Klux Probe and Other Facts Appear In The Sunday Citizen Who is behind the Investlga tton -of depredations In Louisiana for which Ku Klux Klansmen are said to be responsible? This question is fully 'dealt with in a special Illustrated artl cle which will appear on a special page in Tne Sunday Citizen. . ' The possibilities of power de velopment and reasons why it Is oenevea western iNonn Carolina affords unequalled opportunities for the locating of large Indus tries are enumerated in a special article prepared for this paper and which will appear in Sun day's edition. Plana of the government for the ultimate purchase of addi tional large areas for forest re serves are to be revealed in The Sunday Citizen. , While these are among the out standing things that will make tomorrow's Citizen thoroughly interesting there are many other educational and entertaining fea tures, among which are: The editorial cage, with Its leading editorials. Colonel Babers -on City . politics and Income Tax," James Bay. Jr.. on "Being In A Rut." The editorial by Savoyard also continues to hold the interest of many readers. !"When the Publle Conscience is Aroused the Dope Evil Will End." says Dr. Royal 8. Copeland, U. 8. Senator and author of the series of articles. "Tour Health" ap pearing in The Sunday Citizen. Ring Lardner contributes his mirth provoking article on "Hints tor Bold Weather Nlmrods," while the Four-Page Comic Section is In- The Sunday Citizen to enter tain the thoussnds who always eagerly anticipate each issue.- Among the special pages Jn The Sunday Citizen which are of In terest to those engaged in the va rious lines of human endeavor and of general Interest as well are "In The Religious World." with William T. Ellis" story. "AH Roads Closed Except One;" Busi ness and Market paafea; the Sport ing Section: "In the Realm of Women;" Society News of West ern North Carolina and Ashe ville:. Theatres and Books; and the front page of the Second Sec tion. . . The features. slon- with the selected . question and answers from The Citizen's Information Bureau, - Frederic Haskin, direc tor, are in addition to the com plete news dispatches from The Associated . Frees, The . Citizen s Washington and Raleigh News Bureaus, and from Special Corre spondents in the principal cities or ine mate ana every town in Western North Carolina. ALABAMA SENATOR f Tei.iAviie tnum Charges , 0 o u re n s and wadswortn Being Friends of Interests. WASHINGTON, Feb. J.--8enate action today in expunging from the record statements made yesterday by Senator Heflin, Democrat, Ala- bama, during , discussion of the British debt funding arrangement precipitated the most bitter and protracted exchange of the session. Rxnlodlnr tempers sent hot ner- sonalltles sizzling through the sir during hours of debate, which end ed when Senator Heflin was re proved a second time for use of Improper language and remarks by Senator Couzen, the new Republi can member from Michigan, were also declared objectionable and or dered expunged from the record. Several other Senators were also charged with similar offenses, but no action was taken against them. By a vote of 40 to 28. the Senate first decided that Senator Heflin had violated the rules by referring to senator Wadaworth. Republ can, New York, in yesterday's dls cussion or the British debt fund ing, as a representative of the bond sharks" and bis: financiers oi", "wan Btreet. Senator Heflln's second offense developed during his criticism o Senator Couzen s vote against him in the Wadsworth matter, when he referred to the Michigan Senator as a millionaire representative of big business interests. Without record vote, upon motion of Sena tor Couzens, and after protest had been made, these references were ordered expunged. In the same vote the Senate also expunged the statements by Senator Couzens that Senator Heflin wss "playing to the galleries and had "sneaked out 1n the night time" to change the - record of his clash yesterday witn senator Wadsworth. On the vote regsrding Senator Hetun's attack upon Senator wads worth, six Republicans voted with a solid Democratic line-up to sus tain Mr. Heflin, who denied that his words had over-stepped the rules. ' Three of these Republicans however- Senators Johnson, Cali fornia; Norrls, Nebraska, and Cap per, of Kansas later vigorously criticised Senator Heflin for hla criticism of Senator Couzens. Sen ator Heflin offered ; to withdraw his comment on Senator Couzens If the latter would reciprocate, but Mr. Couzens refused, demanding a vote. Senator Heflin admitted he had changed his remarks in the record referring to Senator Wadsworth In minor particulars, but he de fended this, ss Senatorial custom Republicans, however, declared he had altered material statements Town Of 15,000 In 1896, Last Resident t, 0t. Place Ii Buried ram,- Atounuun uoionsqo, l Gilpin County, stoday Joined the 'Ithost cities tit the West," de dining in. 17 years-from a mining boom town of I (.001 to a deserted village. Yesterday Its last citizen wss buried. He was William Dicksrson, the Mayor. The streets are desert ed, comfortable houses are boarded up and the business buildings of the town are in de cay. , t Only a few months ago Mayor Dlckerson turned over the last bit of money In the town treasury, " $400, to tha county tressursr, declaring it was not legally his and belong ed to the "ghost city." During the town's prosperous - days Dlckerson was Influential In the community and was named as Mayor. He served year after year and then ths boom snded. Dicksrson and his wife con tinued to reside there with their ;hlldren ss the population dwin dled, until only they were left. With the Mayor's death, hla wife and five children have moved to Central City, nearby. II 5 GH ELL CLA rACKEl F EXECU FRENCH LOAD COAL AND MOVE IT TOWARD FRANCE IF YOU ARE NOT A REGULAR SUBSCRIBER TELEPHONE a01. OR IF YOU WISH TO BE SURE OF OBTAINING A COPY OF THE SUNDAY CITIZEN PLACE YOUR ORDER WTTU YOUR NEWSDEALER TODAY. . rs T0 ASSOCIATED PRESS) ESSEN, Feb 3. The first esse of the French forces of occupa tlop themselves loading coal cars Is reported today from the Da hi hausen pita of Essen Anthracite . Company. , - " According to seml-officisl advice, two French officers and eight sol diers this morningappeared at the Dahlhausen offices of ths com pany and repeated the French de mand for resumption of coal de liveries on the reparations se count. The demand wss refused, whereupon the detachment went into the pits and began loading coal, the soldiers first having load ed their rifles snd placed them nearby for use in case Interfer ence was attempted by the Ger- D LARD 1 S FIGHT WITH OWER COMPANY Judiciary Committee Re ports Favorably Bill on Secret Order. fir TUB ASSOCIATED PHBSB) RALEIGHTFsb. 3 The hear ing on the bill to repeal the char ter of the Carolina-Tennessee Power Compsny In Cherokee County came to an end late to day before House Judiciary com mittee number one on unfavora ble report which also was concur red In by ths Senate committee on corporations acting Jointly. The House committee also reported unfavorably the Parker bill to provide compulsory service of wo men on juries ana reporiea tavor- ably the Milllken bill for the reg ulation of secret orders. The power charten fight, which committee members chsrged was an attempt to settle a lawsuit through the Legislature.' centered around a bill Introduced by Rep resentative Dlllard, ff Cherokee County, which would repeal the entire charter granted the Com pany In 1309. and place it on an eaual basla with - like com panies whose charters are now re ceived through the Secretary of State. The Milllken bill to provide that secret orders list with county and State authorities membership lists snd lists of omcers cams in lor heated discussion ana memoers nd officers of various organiza tions were given a hearing. After the committee bad been in .ses sion nearly four . hours, the bill was reported out favorably for the second time since its introduction. Several women were heard on Jury service measure and expressed the desire that since the vote wss granted to their sex they should have equal rights with men to serve on Juries. Representative Townsend, of Harnett,' told the women that while he advocated suffrage he thought the Jury box was the last place a woman should want to be, then moved unfavor- jcws.m aa rase nl Variance in Report of State Treasurer and ; ' Budget Commission. I FIGHT ONPROORE2C GOVERNOR AS3ERTL Heated Words Used In Defense of the State Budget Commission. ' tr THB ASSOCIATED MMMMti ' " j RALEIGH. N. C, Feb. 3 Ap proving ths action of tha General Assembly In naming a committee to Investigate .tha condition of ths State's finances as requested by , Governor Cameron Morrison today when he addressed a Joint meet ing of the Legislature, and dis avowing sny personal . animosity towara the Governor or his ad ministration, Corporstion Commis sioner A. J. Maxwell tonight is sued a statement to the Associated Press In which he continues to in sist that a deficit of more than 33.000,000 exists in the operating fund of the State, instead of th alleged prospective surplus upon which ' ths budget commission acted. , . .; -:. ' Governor Morrison. In his ad dress today, devoted to excoria tion of Mr. Maxwell for what the Governor characterised as an at tack on the "constructive program" of tha administration, founded on mis-statements of fact , relating to the State's finances, assarted that, his own reference to a .sur plus in the treasury waa to the effect that auoh aurplus would be established by the collection of tit levied for the fiscal year on rail roads and - incomes, principally. nd that It was based upon re ports and estimates made by orn- oers of ths Btate elected bv-the people and In whom he had hlirh. confidence. '- Y ., If Mr. Maxwell's statement r,t the financial onaitlojr of the Stat is accurate, the treasurer's report is falser end .-.. vr i'tiovernor.siated n1 - e.ir i (. , address "by an Jmpsssionad .ecl. ratlon that, the Maxwell treatise i "untrue," and a demand for r,. iuii investigation which has peen ordered, and which lhade by a committee oft 10. cnosen from the Senate and. oi representatives. In his statement tenia Maxwell asserts ; that nays ne nas tried to bers of the budget cor Join "with the State tr nimseir in an inquiry lntd, i I 3 4' ...... .uii7 tinu . terv-fbut for one reason or aW Jt it was not dons." He declares that he took all his figures from tha ' printed report of the State trees. , urer in making up his "deflclt statement, , , , ,t - "'The General Assembly has very i properly provided for an investi gation of ths financial condition, of ths State, and this lnvsetlgi- -tlon should settle the controversy ' as to facta," Mr. Maxwell states. "I regrst that an important quea tion of Impersonal facta has been made the subject of passionate dis cussion. No man can nav hlhe eulogy than I will do to the ms.u- osrs of the budget commission, t hold them as friends. u.t r tint,. that the Governor of North Caro lina may not think so poorly of me when his passion cools. Bu I have-no political friendahlna ihnt I hold superior to my loyalty and obligation to the State, x know of no one who has more at stake In the maintenance of a sound fiscal policy durtnar hla ad ministration. than Governor Morrison and In formation, on this subject should not ba considered an attack on him or his administration. - . "For some davs I have riA t gat members of the Budget Com mission to Join me and tha State Treasurer in an inquiry into tola mauer, dui ror one reason or an oihsr it waa not done. Tn the meantime, the legislative mill tef ' grinding and organisations begin nlng to function for even lar appropriations than those recom- ; mended by the Budget Commission and all of it based upon an under. . standing of the treasury condition mat noes not exist. How can the General Assembly function nron. arly if It Is not advised of tha facta? If we are already on a basis of llvlnar exnenaea smafair than our Income and with strong demand for greater exnendituraa ' how can legislative measures be cut to fit. or if cut to fit, how could such courses be understood by the public, unless ths General Assembly and the publlo are ad- ; vised of the facta? s "Every figure used in my deflclt statement Is taken from the print ed report of the State treasurer for It months, and the treasury statement for the last six months. It the treasury figures art wrong. I am wrong. It is said that I have failed to include uncollected taxes at ths end of the term. What kind of system would it be of as certaining whether we are livlng wlthin our income by including in a given period uncollected taxes at both ends of the period? Each period Includes uncollected -taxes from the preceding period and no accurate t or trustworthy guide would be set up , by Including in . , addition to this, taxes expected te I be collected in the succeeding po j rlod. . "It hst been th immemorial f custom of the State government in f North Carolina under Demooratlo- j administration, to live within its cash Income for operating err- J pensss. ' If there waa a small deft- ctt In one two-year fiscal period. I calculation was made to take ear of it in the next' and the last two- year period began with a cash erir- CeaMaaas e ran tW
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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Feb. 3, 1923, edition 1
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