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Womb MEN’S SHOI Shoes Priced to Whole Family— G°°d Umon Made Shoes! Last Call 71-2 W. Fourth St Saturday Floyd & Company, Selling Agents No Refunds No Exchanges SENATOR DELANEY CHAMPIONS FLOWERS FOR STATE SENATE ' • ~ ■ • i (Continued From Page One.) teen years and has a peculiar knowl edge of insurance laws that especial ly fit him for the duties of insurance commissioner. If nominated and elected, it is my opinion that he will fill the office with honor to himself and credit to the office. In this connection, I am compelled to call your attention to an act that passed the last legislature, which wall be found in public laws of 1923, chapter 180. “From information, I have every reason to believe that this was a de partmental hill and was passed in the closing days of the' session with out ever having been referred to the committee on insurance of either branch of the general assembly. I am satisfied that very few members of the general assembly were fami liar with the contents of this bill. “Under the provisions of this act, . the insurance commissioner receives a commission of one-fifth of one per cent of the total sales' of stock sold in the State of North Carolina licen sed by the insurance commissioner under the 'Blue Sky law. It is my information that for the first ten .months that this act • has been in force the insurance commissioner re ceived about $3,200 in commissions on stock which he himself has licen sed the sale of. Such a law is abso lutely wrong, for no man acting as insurance commissioner can act with absolutely independent judgment in the granting of license for the sale of such stock when he himself will benefit by the license of same. Loans Deputy Money. “There is another matter that I desire to call to your attention an^ that is this: Some time last year the present insurance commissioner at the request of certain dissatisfied stockholders of a certain company in North Carolina (a Charlotte con cern) licensed to sell its stock under the Blue Sky law, sent his deputy to investigate the company and while conducting said investigation the company loaned him five thousand dollars ($5,000) on a second mort gage on real estate, whereupon he returned to Raleigh and reported the company o. k 4 . “I have information,” continues Senator Delaney, “that in a few « montfyjj he made a second trip,’ after compjiintsilhad come into his office . agaim|t^ih^ wiay this business was being^ openfcted, and on that occa sion borrowed $2,000 on his open note, returned and reported every thing o. k. This matter has been brought to the attention of the in surance commissioner and he has since that time had full knowledge of the conduct of his deputy but said deputy still holds his position. “The democratic party, in my opinion, cannot afford to let such conduct go unnoticed. These mats ters that I have referred to are facts and are within the knowledge of the leaders of the republican party, having already referred to by the republican candidate for -governor in a public speech. I have referred to these matters, not with the view - of making any personal attack upon the present incumbent, but simply to give you my reasons for opposing him. I assure you that if Mr. Flow ers is nominated and elected he will not accept one' penny of compensa tion under the act above referred to.” Mr. Flowers makes the following signed statement concerning this extra compensation: : “I would not be willing to accept compensation in such a manner, for the reason that I w-ould not want to be subjected to the temptation to have my judgment in a matter of this kind influenced by the question as to whether l would receive some thing out of it—that is—I would not want to pass on the matter, with- the knowledge that if I did license the sale of the stock, I would receive a commission, whereas, if I refused the lice’nse, I would receive nothing. I think this an improper method of compensation, and I think that no man who has it in his power to ac cept or refuse a thing of this kind should, by his own act, make it pos-^ sible for him to receive compensa tion whereas, if he refused the re quest, he would receive nothing. I do not think a judge of the Superior Court should receive, as a part of his compensation, any part of the recovery in an action tried before him, and I think the provision which Mr. Wade had written into the Blue Sky law, without the knowledge of the general assembly, puts him and his decisions In these matters on a similar basis, and I think this prac tice cannot be too severely condemn ed. • “The report of the insurance department dated March 1, 1924, Shows that twenty of the twenty THAT WAS GOOD ADVICE last week’s Herald gave about B&L, but how many will heed it. You’re going to play thunder tomorrow or next week, but it never arrives. Letting the very hey-dey of life pass. SAVINGS, SACRIFICE, SUCCESS are inseparable. If you “get there” and you can, you must travel some rugged road, but the goal is worth it. Why not start in time td*finish the journey before old age. It’s a wonderful time to live, to save, to do, to be somebody. NEWS SERIES NOW OPE$T. MUTUAL B & L ASSOCIATION JNO. R. PHARR, President. E. L. KEESLER, Secretary-Treasurer. CHARLOTTE, N. C. five companies licensed to sell stock under the “Blue Sky” law have been licensed since the passage of the law allowing the insurance commission ers a commission on the stock sold.” Vet* Fer 8*hool Bend* May 6th APPRENTICE' LAW UPHELD Indianapolis, Ind., Api(jl $0.—* That the apprentice law of Wiscon sin will be held constitutional is the opinion submitted to J. W. Hays, Secretary-treasurer cf the Interna tional Typographical Union, by Mar tin M. Hugg, legal advisor of the union. Under provision of the law, Mr. Hugg said, subordinate unions in Wisconsin will be compelled to have all apprentices indentured. “One of the purposes of the law is to make better journeymen in the trades,” the attorney reported. '“Minors are favorites of the law and the defense of the law will be that wider its provisions those learn ing trades will be protected so that they will acquire the necessary pro ficiency to make them good workmen and that they will be protected against exploitation by their em ployers. The enforcement of the law is given to the Industrial Com mission and this commission has framed a set of regulations, aftd the commission seems to invite discus sion as to agreements to be made by a trade with its apprentices. Among those . generel rules I find the following: “8. All trade agreements on ap renticeship shall, in order to con form to the apprenticeship Jawi, be approved by the Industrial Commis sion. “9. In trades where there are no uniform approved apprenticeship standards, the employer may execute a special agreement with the appren tice subject to the approval of the Industrial Commission.” “From this I infer that the com mission will agree upon some uni form agreement with the represen ts^— -£ a trade organization. At page 18 of the copy of the law and regulations thereon under the head ing “VII—Standard Trade Sched ules,” I find the regulation for ap prentive coifipositors. I doubt if this regulation is properly framed to meet apprentices of newspaper and other offices where machines are ex clusively employed. The matter of modifying those regulations, if I am right, in my opinion, if it does not cover linotype offices,, should be taken up with the commission, and I believe on a proper showing this regulation wiould be modified. 1 doubt if, the enforcement of this law will prove as oppressive as it might seem at first reading. The regulations of the commission prc vide that the first three months of the apprenticeship agreements are voidable by either party during this period upon written notice to the commission.” SMILES. > A—'“Is Mt. Jones a money maker?*’ Jji^'No, he’s an efficiency expert who tells other folks how to make money.’’ Vote For School Bonds May 6th Factory employment in all indus tries in Newt York State advanced 1 per,'cent in February. By The Way = Comment and Criticism About Things Doing in the World ■y^KAT labor can do to defeat its 'foes on the political field w effectively demonstrated at the Illi nois primary election, in which the defeat of Senator Medill McCor mick, candidate for the Republican senatorial nomination, and Thurlow G. Essington, candidate for govern orship nomination on the Republican ticket, is attributed directly to the labor vote. Other foes of the work ers were also beaten by the labor vote. The Illinois workers deserve con gratulations for their intelligent use of the ballot at the primaries. They are especially to be congratu lated on the defeat of Senator Mc Cormick, who has often shown his hostility to organized labor and who had the backing of big reactionary interests. * * * Mine owners who use or permit the use of black blasting powder are deliberately risking the lives of their employes. This is the only conclu sion to be drawn from a warning issued by the Interior Department against the continued use of black blasting powder in .the mines of the United States. The warning states that from 1908 to 1923 black blasting pow der or black blasting powder and dynamite had caused 71 mine ex plosions with 857 fatalities. This is a terrible record of'need less slaughter and should cause uni versal condemnation of those re sponsible for the use^of black blast ing powder. Organized labor of Mobile, Ala., proposes to begin heavy damage suits in behalf of John E. Winstan ley, who was flogged by a mob near Mobile in 1921. Winstauley was a representative of the International. Union of lim ber Workers and was taken from a train by a number of men, one of whom declared: “We'll show you we d •n't want no union organizers in Bay county.” The authorties who should have prosecuted the mob member^ evad ed their duty on one plea or another. Organized labor has lost patience with their tactics and is determined to secure the punishment of the mob leaders, some of whom are known to be conected with lumber interests. The Mobile workers are shewing the proper spirit. Organized labor in every section should make it a fixed policy to insist always on ade quate punishment of members of mobs that attack or molest union representatives. If it is impossible to obtain criminal convictions, heavy suits for damages should begin against 'the guilty persons. Adop tion of such a policy would be a great deterrent to mob violence di rected against union members. * * * Admission that public sentiment stood against the 12<-hour workday has at last been made by Judge Gary. Speaking at the. annual meet ----7 ’ ing of Steel Corporation stockhold ers, Gary declared that in ending the 12-hoar day the steel industry had “rtyet public sentiment.” True, he toolc a fling at *fhat same public sentiment by intimating that he did not think much of the way it was created. But the Judge’s declara tion ' was an admission that he and the steel hea^s had been wrong on the 12-hour question. It must hav; come hard wifh him to admit he had been wrong but he can console him self with the reflection that it is better to admit error-late than never Vot* For School Bondi May 6th LOCAL WOMAN CHIEF NURSE The appointment of Mrs. Florence T. Uihls, a Southern woman, as chief nurse for the Near East Relief in the entire Armenian area, was an nounced by D. Cameron Ralston, is particularly pleased at the recog nition given .this North Carolinian by the national organization, M,rs. Uhls is the wife of Dr. Rus sell T. Uhls, a native North Caro linian, who has attracted wide spread international attention by his successful crusade .in the, Near East against Trachoma) a dreaded eye disease. Announcement of her appointment has just been received by M'r. Ralston from headquarters of the Near East Reliefk in New Y ork. Mrs. Uhls’5 appointment was made in recognition of her services in. or ganizing several nurses’ training schools for older orphan girls in Ar menia and other parts of the strick en Bible lands, and in directing this establishmeirt, which was the first public health nursing service in the Armenian Republic. She has had widespread experi ence in nursing the served in the army nurse corps at Camp Lee, Pet tersburg, Va., during the world war. Vote For School Bonds May 6th Mjnwaukee boasts of one woman employed in the occupation of ex tracting minerals. ' CONGRESSMEN DEFEAT PRIVILEGE; POWER OF COMMITTEES CHECKED Washington, April 30. —» The j house of representatives blazed a new path this week when 154 mem bertf signed a petition- that the Bark ley railroad bill be taken from the committee on interstate and foreign comtnerce and be placed , on the house calendar. The Trill is intended to abolish the railroad labor board and substitute a system of mediation and arbitra tion. It is favhred by "the t*ade unions and the railroad brother hoods. The request of the 154 members make's history. It is the first time a bill has been taken from a com mittee in this manner, and is the re sult-of opposition to the election of Speaker Gillett when the present congress . was being organized. At that time a coalition of. insurgent republicans and the 'democratic mem bers forced the majority to agree to a change in the rules as a condition for permitting the majority to or ganize the house. The most impor tant of these changes proved that a bilk may be taken from a commit tee and placed on the house calen dar on petition of 150 members. This is the rule that is now being enforced. y By controlling certain conimittees, special privilege has practically die tated legislation because these com mittees would “bury" bills distaste ful to them. In the case of the Barkley railroad bill, friends of this proposed legislation were denied t hearing by the committee chairman. The new rule destroys this czar ism, which has been used with sue!, deadly effect to block progressive legislation. The old guard in both parties are worried at the turn oi j affairs, as an important power is wrested from them. Vot# For School Bonds M*y 6th LAND dRAB CHECKED. Washington, April SO.—In a bill passed by tht^house, the secretary of the interior is instructed to withhold land patents to the Norhern Pacific railroad. A special commission is authorized to investigate the rail road’s claim to 4,000,000 acres of land. •/ - Secretaries Work of the interior department and Wallace of the ag riculaure department have reported to President Coolidge that the rail road is hot entitled to the additional land because of violation of terms Under which public lands had be*ri granted by congress. A Willing Worker Money is a willing worker. You can not keep it from working if you treat it properly and the most proper thing to do with it is to put it in the savings account of this Bank where it works for you night and day. ' ’ . ' 'i !• Security Savings Bank No. 4 South Tryon Street Charlotte, N. C. “Bring Up a Child in the Way It Should Go-” One great lesson that all child ren ought to be taught, is that of SAVING! Bring the boys and girls to this bank and open a savings ac count for them, Theyrll al-' ways thank you. Merchants & Fanners National Bank CHARLOTTE, N. C.
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