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mi0 . v.- A r and French Broad r Hustler NEW SERIES VOL 1, NO. 10 HENDERSON VILLE, NO, .THURSDAY MARCH 6, 1913 OLD SERIESVOL. 1? GmroJlrirasi e HOI THE STATE It VISIT THROUGH JOURNEY OF A BILL IS SO DEYI OUS THAT ITS AUTHOR IS UN ABLE TO RECOGNIZE HIS OWJf BRAIN'S CREATION. LEGISLATIVE MILL NOW RUNNING ON BIG PULLEY Frospects Poor for Adjournment at End of Week as Hundreds of Bills Will Hare to be Ratified While Scores of Others Are Dally Dropped Into the Hopper Tenth District Leg islation. (By Jioah 2T. HollowelL) Raleigh, N. C. When the Creator gaw fit to lay down the first law by which man was to be governed He gave it "straignt irom jne snoulder. so to speak, without the "red taje cident to present day lawmaking. Al- though the Lord remained on Mt Sinai Kith Moses almost as long as the Gen eral Assembly of North Carolina is bi ennially in session, history gives no re cord of any committee meetings to consider the laws made on the moun tain top or of three consecutive read ings, various roll calls, a host of clerks, etc., such as is the case in the making of laws of this generation. The circumstances under which these laws were handed down were dissimilar and different methods were employed. From that day until the present changes have taken place in the manner of law making or legislative procedure. The ordinary person is more or less familiar with the methods employed by fraternal, religious, or civic organ izations in making laws or rules for the governing of the members of these respective .bodies,, there being very lit tle "red tape" or parliamentary proce dure entailed, but there are those who know not the crooks and turn of a bill after it is introduced in the legisla ture before it reaches its destination as provided for by the constitution. For the benefit of those unfamiliar vith legislative procedure but who share in the expenses of the General Assembly, which were .conservatively estimated in last week's issue of this paper as being not less than $70,000 every two years; for the information of the "dear people back home" or the "one gallus man" as they are so de scriptively designated by the "two gal lus" legislators on the floors of the House and Senate, the writer will con duct the reader through the "legisla tive mill" hurriedly and show them something of the machinery of law making, without going into lengthy de tail as to the devious routes of a bill or resolution, on its way to the Secre tary of State, who turns it over to the printers. A bill is prepared on legal cap paper, typewritten, and given two folds so as to make it convenient size. On the bill is placed a cover or jacket for the bill's protection for after once follow ing its route through the mill the read er will clearly see that without sucn protection in the form ofa jacket it would finally look like a man's Sunday shirt after he had chased a rabbit through a brier patch in his shirt sleeves. On the bill is plac ed a number by a costly numbering machine, the House using red ink and the Senate purple in their color schemes. It is by these numbers that a bill is traced soaccurately that at any stage of its journey the clerks can lay their hands on it instntly. The bills are numbered consecutively. Upon being introduced the bill passes the first of the three readings it has to un dergo and is referred to an approprite committee to study its merits or is plac ed on the Calander. which might prop erly be termed the junk pile where a till lies when it has no where to stay. The committeecomposed of from 6 to a dozen or more members of the House r Senate .there being about fifty com mittees of each body, reports the bill lavorably or unfavorably as the case may be after consideration. If report ed unfavorably it is tabled or killed and withdrawn from the further con sideration of the Senate unless a mi nority report is filed and the Senate is asked to further consider the bill. If reported favorably it goes on the Cal endar. While the laitv is not permitted to express its wishes before the Senate r House in session, the committee meetings are open to all and it is here that some warm arugments take i?lace. if the bill provides for a bond issue or the raising of money-in any form it must pass two roll calls and the Journals must show such with the names of those voting or the act will be invalid. - - - The majority of roll call bills are only of a local application and are nev er opposed unless by those"hailing from the county affected. These roll call bils when not opposed go through the mill at the rate of about two per minute and the foil call provision of the constitution is one of the most far cical features of the General Assembly. LA lflin nnr nnnnr m -mum T Here is a sample of the language that conducts it through: Presiding officer: "S. B. No. -H. B. No. upon" its second reading, which the clerk will read." Reading Clerk: "S. B. No. H.B. NoT a bill entitled an act to do so and so, giving title) on 2nd reading. The com mittee recommends that this bill do pass." Presiding Officer: "The question is upon the passage of the bill upon its second reading; the clerk will call the roll." The clerk calls the roll the first time of each day slowly in order that the Journal Clerk may record the names of those voting, but after this the clerk in uncontested matters just hits the high places of the roll call by calling three or four names. He announces the No. voting each time giving the original vote and the- presiding officer an nounces the vote and makes the orde? as to the disposition of the bill. This goes on for an hour or more each day with the presiding officer and the clerks making the laws and the actual lawmakers sitting back in their-seats or lobbying around, some smoking, some reading, some sleeping, some an swering their constituents about a pro posed bill to prohibit the dumping of sawdust in Gooseberry Creek and an other has his feet cocked up on the desk higher than his head mapping out a summer's work upon his return home. The bills are passing at the rate of about two per minute and the announcements of the presiding officer and the clerk form an old sing-song in Which one word cannot be distinguished from another. If the reader has ever heard an electric piano bang away regularly on some air until the annoy ed passerby sees imaginary notes in the air' as' the' old music box beats it self to. death,musically speaking, he has an idea of how things are going when It takes the time of about half a hun it takes the time of about half a hun dred - clerks" to " keep the records straight on' these- matters,, costing, only about-41 0,000-per session..; This lame place in the law will be strengthened some day probably,' by conferring these powers jjpon county or local authori ties who know much more about the provisions of the bill and the evils to be. remedied . than, the legislators in Raleigh, 'that is in the uncontested matters. ...." A bill passes its second and third roll calls on different days of the ses sion. A bill not providing for revenue and if not opposed passes second and third readings. on. the same day. Some times one is introduced and the rules are suspended and it is put upon its final reading within five minutes after its Introduction. If the bill originates in the Senate and is amended therein it is sent to the Engrossing Depart ment to be put in good shape to be sent to the House. The same rule ap plies in the lower branch of the legis lature . The devious and stoney route or a contested bill is much more Interesting than the uncontested bill and its pas sage is much quicker. There are bills on the Calendar in troduced during the first week of the present session. They have not had much success along their journey and they will never get to the Enrolling Department. In the first place the committee is scfhetimes slow to report on a bill, probably holds it for a few weeks. If Ic is a very interesting bill there are one or two public hearings by the com mittee and many, speeches are neard. The committee probably makes amend ments to the bill or offers a substitute therefor. The bill is reported ana soes to the Calendar. Later it is taken up and it is discussed on the floor oi tne House or Senate for hours. Then fur ther discussion is set for o particular hour on a particular date, and you bet your life that when the bill becomes a law the author does not recognize his own "child" that was once so dear to him.For instance the famous search and seizure bill was burdened with about 20 amendments before it got through the House. It had, to be en grossed before going to the Senate. There is was discussed several times and -finally got through after twenty amendments had been offered by that body, the most of which were adopted. It had to be sent back to the House then for concurrence in the Senate amendments and the bill will probably have to be returned to the Senate for concurrence in some new House amendments before the matter is final lv disposed of. Many times bills are ordered recalled from the enrolling de rtment on the request of some Sena- I nr.w clause he wants added. Some times the Senate and come to an agreement conference committee House fail to until after a has been ap- HE11IILL pointed by each body. Almost every time a bill is handled some notation -hassto be made thereon and the covers of the bill in some cases are thoroughly disfigured with red and purple notations. If the bill once passes through the Engrossing Department it is thoroughly renovated in that a new bill embodying all of the (Continued on 8th Page.) fnxnirinn Snenfis Mark Inaugural Ceremonies Of Wilson and Marshall Washington, March 4th. Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, was, inaugu rated today as president of the United States; Thomas R. Marchall of Indiana, its vice president; Demo cracy, the venicle of its destiny. Under the dome of the nation's capital, in the presence of a count less, cheering concourse of his fellow citizens the new president raised a hand toward a prophetic -sun . ...that bursp dissolving clouds and pronounc ed the occassion a day of dedication; not of triumph. - " It was an intensely human, precedent-breaking inauguration. With members of his chosen cabinet sur rounding him, the justices of the su preme court before him. his wife and daughters actually dancing for joy on the platform below and William How ard Taft, ex-"president of the nation at his sire, the new president shouted a summons to all "honest, patriotic, forward-looking men" to aid him, extend ing the promise that he would not fail them in the guidance ofv their govern ment While the president's concluding inaugural words were tossing in tu multuous waves of applause, the re tiring president clasped his hand and enlisted as a patriotic servant in the ranks of private citizenship. "Mr. President." said Mr. Taft, his face beaming with a smile, I wish you a successful administration and the carrying out of your aims. We will all be behind you. "Thank you." said President Wil son, and he turned to shake the hand of his secretary of state, Wm. J. Bryan. Washington, March 4th. President Wilson's cabinet is complete, and it remains only to formally send the nominations to the senate. Until ac tually nominated, the list is unoffi cial, but the list is definitely accepted to be as follows. ' ' ". .Secretary of . State Wm. Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska. . Secreatry-. oftbeTjeasuryWiliam G. McAdoo, of New York. - i Secretary of- Waif Lindley M. Gar rison of New Jersey. Attorney General James McRey nolds, of Tennessee. . Postmaster General Representa tive Albert Burleson of Texas. Secretary of, the Navy Josephus Daniels, of North Carolina. Secretary of the Interior Frank lin K. Lane of California. Secretary of Agriculture David F. Houston of Missouri. : Secretary, of Commerce . Repre sentative William C. Redfleld, New York. Secretary of Labor Representative William B. Willson, Pennsylvania. OP FOUR HOMED MERS Greater Hendersonville Club is no w Largest Chamber of Commerce in the South According to Population. The two .weeks campaign for mem bers to the Greater Hendersonville Club closed on Saturday night last and was a decided' success. The objective point, four hunderd members, was not only reached, but surpassed. The Board-of Governors will meet this Thursday night and pas's on all challenges, when the final fig ures will be made known. A unique result of the campaign is the fact that every merchant on Main Street, with the exception of one or two, is now a member of the Club. A great many out-of-town memberships were received from people who have summer homes here and are otherwise interested in Henderson county. Two "teams were engaged in the campaign. The Yellow Jackets and Hornets. The Hornets started off in the lead Tight off the jump but by the end of the first week the Yellow Jackets had caught up with their opponents. On Thursday night last the Hornets held a caucus in the directors room of the First Bank and Trust Company. A Yellow Jacket had secreted himself in Mmes as they were read out. The ? names as tney were reaa out. Hornets haff so far secured 97 new members. The Yellow Jackets 4iad about 90. With renewed energy he Yellow Stingers resumed their efforts with the result that at the close of the next day they were in the lead. But when Saturday came along, tne last day of wu buiuuibu. i... swarmed the streets of the .city and invaded the rural districts stinging right and left, and,. when the hour for sesssation came they had won the pen nant" by a goodly majorVy. ; The final count showed a total for the Hornets THE WOODMEN TO MEET. . .Convention of Choppers-to be Held in Asheyille Jfext Week. The largest convention held in Ashe ville for quite a while will be that of Head Camp .W, Woodmen of the World, which meets next week. Some three hundred delegates will attend and it is expected that the meeting will draw several" thousand Woodmen to the mountain metropolis during the three days' session. Headquarters will be at the Langren Hotel. ; - The meetings will be in the ball froom of the hotel, the first session be- ingv, Monday night at 8:30, when a meeting to which the public is in vited, will be held. Some of the most prominent members of the order will address the assembly, among them Mr. Whitehead Kluttz of Salisbury, Mr. E. B. Lewjs. sovereign manager and H. C. V. Peebles, head consul of Klnston. Mr. R. R. Reynolds, Rev. W. A. Newell of Asheville and R B. Staton of Hendersonville V Tuesday afternoon will be . devoted to the entertainment o fdelegates and visiting Woodmen;1 Wednesday afternoon will be fea tured, by a parade of the One Hun dred and Thirty-seventh" Regiment Uniform Rank, commanded by Col. H. E, Walter ' of Asheville,' reviewed by Brig.-Gen. E. C. SIpher of Lumber ton , . ' - - . . Wednesday night will be degree work, ; amplified ritual, by the degree team of White Pine Camp of Hendersonville,-under command of Capt T. V. Lyda. The . local Woodmen are leaving nothing undone to make it the best-head camp meeting ever held in North Carolina. Meetinjr of Sunday School Workers. Pursuant to announcement made in all of the churches in the city on last Sunday -week, Mrs.-Mary Foster Bryn er, of Chicago, 111., superintendent of the elementary department of Interna tional Sunday Schools associations, ad dressed a large and interested audi ence at the Methodist church last Thursday evening.. Mr. J. W." Long. State secretary of the North 'Saroliha Sunday Schools association had ar ranged with Mrs. Bryner to stop at Hendersonville on her way from, the Florida convention, where she was one of the sDeakerL ;Mr. Loner was Dresent with JthHeiitersbh'-cbuWUfflcef 8? & j free will offering was made for the incidental expenses of the meeting, and for the county pledge to the state work. At The Methodist Church. Preaching 11 a. m. As the Pastor was absent at the fun eral of Dr. Waldrop he will speak of him in a three fold aspect, Man, Phy sician, Christian. Evening services 7:45. Good music at both sirvices. A cor- aiai invitation.: special mviauon iu the business and professional men. Mr. Sam" Hodges left Hendersonville Tuesday for a six weeks business trip. th( of over 170 while the Yellow Jackets had about 120. A number of names were challenged on such ground that fLey were already members, on both sides having a claim on certain names. President R. N. Willcox officiated as arbitraton, and had "some job." Presvious to the gathering a Hornet ingeniously made away with one of the Yellow Jackets hooks. A chase down main street resulted, the Hornet being caught just as he entered one of the banks. A call for assistance brought a swarm of Hornets from a back room. The three yellow Jackets, after a fierce struggle on the floor of the bank, in which bank officials "and directors par ticapated, finally tossed their oppo nents to right and left and .waded through the - disheveled Hornet mob with the coveted lookin their posses sion. A more energetic and animated campaign has probably never been con ducted in any other community, and it is the purpose of the Greater Hen dersonville Club to infuse that same spirit in the future efforts on behalf of the best town and County in West ern North Carolina. The date of the banquet, for which the members of the losing side are to pay, will be announced next week. Contrary to all expectations the two Captains, Sam. T. Hodges and H. C. Meyer have shaken hands and are now on semi-friendly terms again. This resumption of amicabitlity is . evident among several others of the member getters Ffank Ewbank and King ing and P. F. Patton actually conde scended, to sniff at Mack Rhodes yes terday. : x . The rally meeting of the Club will be held on Thursday night, March 13. Everybody is invited to attend. m mmifi rat IIIFOIATION SOUGHT BY EriTHUSlASTIC -YOUHG LADIES Those : who Fully Understand are Busy in the Field, and Those who Need Instruction are Receiving it and Planning to Make their Campaigns Active Ones. "Today well lived makes every yesterday a dream, and every to-morrow a vision of hope." To contestants a day well lived is the day in which she has worked faithful ly, and since faithfull work always brings about the desired result we may say has worked faithfully and has been rewarded by receiving a long list ot good subscriptions. That day ' was yesterday we hope, and therefore to you yesterday is a beautiful dream of fond hopes realized. Encouraged by the magnificent result of yesterdays faithful work you are naturally engag ed in an active campaign today. May tne results be such as to make to morrow a vision of hope. That hope of course is the hope of being the glad winner of the highest standing at the close of the great Booster Period. If for any reason the work does not go off as well as you feel it should, perhaps it is due to the fact that there is something you do not fully un derstand, if so come at once to the Contest Deaprtment and have the con test Manager explain things to you. Whatever you do you must not let the Great Booster Period slip by you, without having done everything within your power to place the 450.00 Piano within your reach, or perhaps it is the handsome $100.00 Diamond Ring you wish to win. This handsome ring has been ' purchased of Hawkins and Son HehdeibXvilfe'sprdgras Indeed it 'is a beautiful ring, -you may see- it by- calling at- Hawkins - jewelry-! store. Jive would not have you over look the beautiful gold watches that go to make the third, prize of each dis trict. These we purchased of Mace the Big Value Variety Store man, and Cagle the jeweler. Go by and look these watches over, and by the way look the stock over while there. You will no doubt find something. you need and at a price that puts it within your. I j reach. .List of Contestants. Below we publish a list of the con testants. In this issue we show all contestants as having 5000 . votes to Mrs. Aileen Cull CantrelL l '- Spartanburg (ournal.) Mrs. Aileen Cudd Cantrell, wife of Lewis M. Cantrel, died at a local hos pital Saturday night from the "effects of an operation. Mrs. Cantrell had been sick for one week when it was deemed necessary that the operation be performed. The anesthetic was admitted Saturday morning at 11 o'clock and at 7 o'clock her condition was regarded as favorable. She talk ed with members of her family and all the dangers of reaction from the an esthetic seemed to have been passed. At 11 o'clock she passed away. The Funeral services were conduct ed from the First Baptist church, of which church she had been a consis tent member. Dr. Pell, of Converse College, as sisted Rev. E. S.- Alderman in con ducting the services. , Interment was at Oak wood. Mrs. Cantrell was better known to Hendersonville people as Miss Aileen Cudd.- She was a frequent visitor to our city and numbered her friends by the score. Mrs. Cantrell was the niece of Mrs C. C. Humpries, of Henderson viHe. Resolutions of Sympathy. Wheeras, it has pleased the Great Architect of the Universe to call to his eternal rest, Mr. D. S, Staton, the brother' of Entered-Apprentice, R. H. Staton; therefore be it Resolved by-Kedron Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Hendersonville. N. C, that we extend to Brother Staton and to the other bereaved relatives of the deceas ed our sincere sympathy in this hour of their bereavement, hoping that Jiey will find consolation in" the fact that He who rules on high wills it thus. Be it Resolved further, that a copy of these resolutions be sent to brother R. H. Staton, a copy be spread upon the records of our lodge, and a copy be fur nished our local papers for publication. Done in open lodge this February 21st, 1913. . W. P. BARTLETT,' MICHAEL SCHENCK, Committee. Our show wndow3 will have changes daily of a few of our bargains, it is im possible to mention them in this space. Wilson's Beirariment Store. Adv. their credits These 5000 votes repre sent the votes all contestants are en titled to as per nomination coupoa. With the exception of a very few every contestants has from 1 to 50 thousand votes over and above this- five thousand, gi ven each nomination. It is our purpose to publish in next weeks issue all votes that have beea. poled, this standing will come out tut days before the close of the Big Boos ter Period, giving everyone an oppor tunity to make a final dash f o rthe "home run." Let not a moment go by without making dlllegant efforts to im prove your standing. Now is the very best time to work. - . District 1. Miss Dollie Timmons. . 6000; ilisa Louise Hodges, 5000. ; Miss' Lillie B. Hlght, 5000; Miss Margurete Orr, 5000; Mrs. Jim Stepp, 5000; Mrs. Ethel Dir on, 5000; Miss Jennie Bowen, 5000; Miss Katherine Hefner, 5000; Miss Jen nie Garren, 5000;. District JTo. 2. - Andrews, N. C. i Miss Marvie Walker, 5000; Miss Louise Porter, 5000; MisshGladis Wat son, 5000; v Murphy. N. C. Miss Sallie BJirnett, 5000; Miss Mary Candler, 5000; I Hayesville, N. C. Miss Mae Curtis, 5000 ; Miss Frankle Highler. 5000: - Wayhea vllie,-CMiss:Dollie Lee, 5000; Miss Minnie -Boyd, 5000. Rutherfordton, N. C. Miss' Sallie Beam, 5000; Miss Fannie Justice, 5003 Miss Bruna Biggerstaff, 5000; Saluda. N. C. Miss Annie Hart. 50C3 Miss Lola Ward, 5000. Tryon, N. C. Miss Jame Jackson 5000; Mrs. Frank Wood, 5000. Fletcher,' N.N C. Miss May Justice, 5000; Miss Jennie Rhymer, 5000. ' Old Fort, N. C Mrs. P. H. Mash born, 5000; ' Marion, N. C Miss Lucy Blantoa. 5000; Miss Moffit Sinclair, 5000; ' Horse Shoe, N. C Miss Mitchell Corpening, 5000. ' Death of Dr. J.G. Waldrop Dr. J. G. Waldrop- one of the best known physicians in Henderson coun ty, died at his home in this city Fri day, February 28. His death was not unexpected, as he had for some time past been critically ill. Funeral ser vices were held at the Methodist church Sunday afternoon, ,Rev. G. H. Detwiler and Dr. R. A. Child officiating The interment took place the same af ternoon at Oakdale cemetary with the impressive ritual of the Masonic or der. Dr. WaTdrop was born in Polk coun ty, June 11, 1847. He moved to Hen dersonville when a boy and lived here for the remainder of his life. Nearly 32 years ago, on March 22, 1881, he married Miss Nannie Carpenter cX Polk county. To this happy union were born eleven children, all of whom with mother, are livingr Four of the children are married: Mrs. John Sta ton, of Bethel N. C, Mrs. Frank Wil son, and Mrs. Brown, of Greenville, H. C , and Carrol Waldrop of this city- Dr. Waldrop was an earnest and val ued member of the Methodist church and for a number of years was chair man of the board of stewards. He as . one of the oldest physicians in Henderson county, and the forty years of his practice were filled with deeds of kindness. His home life was beau tiful ; he was a kind and devoted hus band and father. He was interested fn alt that tended to promote the interest of the town and county, and his place will be hard indeed to fill. The' many beautiful floral tributes, sent to his funeral by sorrowing friends, were fit symbols of the esteem and affection in which he was held by the community where he had spent his life in useful service and kindly deeds. J. C. Sherrill Company. J. C. Sherrill has sold a half interest la his. brick manufacturing plant near the Southern railroad just out of the city limits to D. S. Pace a prominent business man of this my. Mr. Pace and Mr. Sherrill are both wide awake business men and realize the advant- j ages this city gives w -"ZzztrlzLZ nlanfs. They will increase the capac ' Ity of the plant and begin supplying the entire neeeds of the city and sar runoding towns with. brick of the very best quality made i nthis section, off the country.
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