North Carolina Newspapers

Volume LI. A SYNOPSIS OF THE NEW LAWS Hundreds of Bills Enacted Into IJiw and Hund (> reds Of Others Killed By the Recent General I Assembly. Raleigh, March 10.--Tile cere monies msirking the of the Gcn «rel Assembly wen l interesting, as they most always aw. Scarcely one of the 1 'i'.t mi'ii and one woman who had boon here for sixty-three days f"«»htiiig, >t rutrtrli hit. worrying and 'uing mi ;lie floors of the two labors Inn ffit an odd tighten ing in the throat when the gavel in the 'vvo houses fell al practically the sane moment and the General As j senr Iv of ■"> v....- Dei tared adiourn ' ed sine die at eleven thi'ty on Tues day evening, March i'.'t 1». Tin two halls of the Assembly s>re exactly oppo.i'- v.*l:h the rotunda of the bui! ii-ig ho ei-veiiing'. The two doors were -ivung wide onon, the Presi dent "f the Senate and the Speaker of *,iii lloii.-c stood t-'.ivels in hand ready f>r the I'inal "drop." The reading clerks called the rails, slow ly and solemnly, the answers of the in'•nil ers lined along each side of tile aisb s in two long lines extending from tile presiding otlicers' d--sks to the doors were echoed fairly in both chambers. Simultaneously with the (response to the last name called the lun gavels fell with a tlnid the inem brs waked up, told one another goodbye and it was all over for an other two ears, unless an emerg en-y shall arise which necessitates another special session. The c.\Teiidars of both houses were cleared of all important bjlis and the ineiuM'rs went home with full a-st'.ramv that they had completed the job. liills weiv put through with surprising rapidity during the i |n>ing days ~i' die session and state oili iald nil i-- busy trying in -iscer i !'. cxailly what has beeti done to t'i« .11. Some of tlniM' holding muj> r L .Iters "i i upyiiifj miii«•!' po ' • i : .i • "slightly di-tiguivd, but still iii tin- ring." The Slate au.ii insiir.t'l. t depart - .•sents no longer e\-j .i. i-.• t!,e privilege of collecting i \iiiiivs. otherwise th.-ir activities il be onhainpered by any act of the (o-noini Assembly, ban iter the trail - ; fer of the sup, rvision of the "l»luo Sky i aw" fr.iiu the In-urn ve l'o partnieiit to the Corporation Com missi m. This was reconiineiided by cKimnissiotic. Wade early in the ses sion i.nd he is shedding no tears over , tin- passing from his hand* of an ag.-n.y which has bred trouble from the very beginning of its operations' in the Slate. Differences between the Semite and House of Representative. over the Revenue Act were adjusted late Tuesday afternoon when toe House practically .'apituh.ted to the branch of the Assembly. The two branches also, finally found themselves in agn .'Went i 'Helling the provisions of the bill carrying appropriations to the various Mate charitatd", penal am! cii'.ieatinnal ins', it'.it ions, nut tile Nellies bill providing increase in the {jhensian fund for ibe henoiit of e\- derate soldiers and widows met As Waterloo in tli" S-hate through' 'iirliiiientary tacti.s started by lUir- \ fwyn, of Northampton, who propos ed a (•is id' one cent on the hunitred dollars wortll of property, in lieu of the tax of one ci nt on theatre ii.'b ets provided in tin* Nettles bill. ' "Class legislation" was the ry of the opposite to the House bill and survivors of the "days which tried men's souls" will have to struggle , along on the small pittance which j has been doled out. to them during the last biennial period. And there j a reason. The line is rapidly thin ning, and the influence in politics is no longer a factor to be reckoned |: with. The legislators say fine things | about his valor and deeds of daring, ~ but vote additional appropriations to, 1 institutions the very existence of j !>| which is due to the courageous j ijfistand of thise men in their early manhood and through the years that 11. have followed the historical event at Appomatox. Repeated attempts to put through .ji bill permitting State Treasurer PB. R. l.acy to retire on half-pay were .«1 feated in the House mainly on ac-1 Jpount of the precedent it would set i«p. And further, because this Gen jßLral Assembly made up its mind IVwEirly in the session to "cut out non- BLssentials." The time-honored cus- Tom of paying janitors, firemen, watch-men and laborers conmctcd with State departments for extra s. rviee during sessions of the pre vious general assemblies was not ob served this time, only the Capitol telephone operator and the sub-sta tion postmaster receiving a "bonus" at the hands of this Legislature. All other "bonus" bills presented prom ptly found their way to the "unfav orable calandcr," or to the table. The table was literally loaded with in struments of this character when the -moke of legislative activities was linally cleared away. I'iniplo.vces of the G.-ncral Assembly itself were j pro'. Hod for in a •rem ral adjustment j bill during the eaily days of the ses -i n. when the door was shut against those regularly employed in the var ious State depaitillellts, although re quired to perform extra service. State owned automobiles are "in for a session of rest. Likewise pub lic-owned machines in the counties. \n act of the recent session of the General Assembly prohibits the use of any public-owned automobile by State or county officials ami em ployees for private purposes of any character; forbids public officials and employees to Use public-owned and operated garages for repairs to pro vide cars and makes it unlawful to use gasoline, oil, tires and accessor ies bought with State or county funds for private automobiles; ex cept with the consent of the Govern or or council of State, no Mate de partment. institution or agency, and no county, shall be allowed to pay more than $ 1 ">OO for purchasing an automolrile with public funds. The eiMvisions of the act make violation of the .-alile a mi: demeanor punish able by .: fin.* of not less than $lt") n ii' aore than .Sl.niMi, or by inipris ioiini' n in the discretion of the court, j !'i ■ a. ', farther provides that it shall • il.i duty of ovoiy executive head of every lienartinent of the State g.vcinint-ut, and l.y any county, or jby ;•.!!> in i it'll ion agency of the stale. '.o have painted on every mo- t■ la Vohcll owned b; tile Slate, or by any coiuay, or by any institution or agency of the Stale, a statement with letters of not less than three 1 inches iii height setting forth su.-h ownership. The act is inforceable from and after its ratification. 1 Senator Sea wad I did not get the e.sired increase in the equalization fund for public education, but se cured a continuance of the present basis for the distribution of this fund. Fnder die scheme proposed many counties would have losi heav ily. A commission is to be named by ike Governor to fi*: the basis for the distribution of the a oropriation 'made available by the la ' approp riation bill which carries a provis ion .HI iwing s2.">o 0( 0 for equaliza tion purposes. While the Senate decline.! to ap ! rove tlse House bill increasing the ! number of judicial dist riils from ! tw nty to twenty-four that body did {adopt a liHasure authorizing the 1 Govern, r to name special judges to hoi i special terms of court where jcoiVY ii ai of dockets warrant such I a'won. The traveling allowance of judges was supplemented to the ex tent of .S'.!at) annually. The House did not like the Senate bill, prefer ring' iis own, but swallowed the bill jon tli idea that "half a loaf is liet ! tor than no bread." Governor Me j.l.ea.n bad made a pb'.a for some plan that would relic.t court ((ingestion ,a' i the nieilibei fidt impelled to do Mill!' :ll : ag. b Tiie final ollieial act of Governor ' McLean during the session was the j announcement of nominations for j State Highway Commission and I members of the State Prison Hoard. ! Also members of the State Hoard of Agriculture. Tlse personnel of the Highway Commission remains "in tact; slight changes in prison board and that of Agriculture weiv deemed advisable by the Governor, for eith er personnel or political reasons, and a stroke of his pen placed new faces in State administration circles. The Senate promptly confirmed his rec ommendations, viz: Highway com (Continued on page four.) Danbury, N. C, Wednesday, March 18, 1925 I DAVID BULLIN SHOOTS HIMSELF i! Van tig Farmer of Meadows Section Sends i'istol Hall Into His Temple ami Dies Within j An Hour. David Hullin, a young farmer of the Meadows section, four miles south of I lan bury, committed suicide , yesterday about II o'clock when he shot himself in the right temple with a pistol, dying within about one hour. It is l arned that Mr. lJullin had made other elforts to take his life during the past few days, and that ' his pistol had been hidden from him I a time or two. 11l health during the past few weeks is the only reason assigned • lor the rash net. Mr. I till 1 in. who was aged about ■ .'!."i years, is survived by a wife and : several children, as will as other " r datives. YEAR'S TOBACCO AVERAGE $22.19 j Number of Pounds Offered Was! Smaller, Hut the Quality ofi Leaf Was Hetter. Winston-Salem, March lti.—The ; j leaf tobacco market, closed Friday j i afternoon after one of the most sue-| I ccssful seasons in the history ef the market. The poundage was not as • ' high as that of last neason, when {about forty-two million pounds were I j sold, but the average was so much ; higher that the amount in dollars ' ; was about the same, i The total sales on the market this I season were :>."i,7.")0,27ti pounds. This brought to the farmers of this see ; tion of the country a total of j i».'!.'!,01 1.t!2 for an average of S22.HM per hundred. | For an entire season average this price is regarded as very good and the warehousemen and the farmers alike were delighted with the record made by the market. All of the live warehouses, Pied mont, Gorrell's, lirovvn's, Planter's and Pepper's, enjoyed good sales during the season and all are Well satisfied with the results. MANY SEEK JOB OF KILLING FELONS i Position of Prison Executioner ; Created by Legislature Has , Thirty Applicants. Raleigh, March IG.—At least 30 North Carolinians have nutde ap ' plication for the job of executioner i at the siate prison, according to an - ncilnceineiil made today by George ' Ross Poll, superintendent. • The job of executioner was created I by the last general assembly, and for ■ a time it seemed as it the place I would go begging. The law provides f for the payment of a sum up to s2."> i to a guard or other person peiforni - ii'g ill ■ task. It i> expect- d that the -. appoint ■•lent will be made before March -ii. tile date >el for the n-ext 1 electrocution. j Danville Market ! Led Winston-Salem • i ■•anville, Va.. March I!.—Another , | te'"C'"o s-'ll'iig season passed into >! history Fridav with the Danville ij market second at the tap - in the I' j annual race for priority in business . | sold. Danville edged out Winstoii . j Salem, N. C.. and is second to Wil . j son. Figures prepared by the Dan | i v.lie Tobacco association showed ear . ly expectations were eclipsed and . that throughout the season, or since i October 1, pounds were ) marketed here for SS,-111.8:22.IX at i , an average of $215.01 per hundred pounds. r Half a million pounds more tobac . co was sold here this year than dur r ing the previous season and nearly | 10,000.000 more than during the P. 122 21! season. Il is expo-ted that f more tobacco will be sold here dur . | ing the nest few days privately but i | these will not be included in the 1 : season's poundage. One Drawback J Musician (doing badly) —"Ah, gentlemen, if we all 'ad our rights, 1 should be ridin' in me own carriage as 1 jive done before." Skeptic—"Yes, but your poor old mother couldn't push you now!"— London Humorist. TO AUDIT STOKES COUNTY RECORDS Charlotte Auditing Kirn Will Begin Work Soon Done Under Act Of Legislature. The auditing tirni of Scott & Charnley in Charlotte have been cn gaged by the Hoard of Commission ers "of Stokes to audit the books in the olliees of the county, and will start in the near future. The action of the commissioners in ordering this audit of the books :s in accordance with an a t of the recent Legislature. The audit will cover a period of two years, from Dec. 1, li»2:{, to Dec. 1, 11121. TO SELL SI2OOOO ROAD BONDS County Commissioners Author ized This Amount Under Special Act Of General As sembly. I At asr via! meeting of the Stokes ! Hoard of Commissioners here Mon | day a resolution was passed author j i/.ing the issuance of $120,000 coun j ly bonds for road improvement in I Stokes. This issue is made under i a special act of the General Assem i bly. The bonds will be issued in SI,OOO I denominations and bids wd! be re -5 ceived for tiieir sale lip until 2 o'clock P. M,, April is. p,i25. The 1 bonds will bear 5 per cent interest, ; payable semi-annually. CO-OPS ARE PAID IN THREE STATES Sum of $1 .SiMi.OOO Distributed In Settlement of 2 Crops To Organ ized G rowers. Raleigh, March 17. Tobacco fanners iu three states shared in the . payments of SI.M'O.OOO made from lb - ware,...use.-: of the Tobacco Grow er.-. Co-operative Association Monday of this Week. The tobacco association has now paid for die la.-t pound of bright to bacco deliv -red by its mellibci .n 1!'22. Il has com.doted final sea! - nient with all of its members ill South Carolina and liastern North Carolina for their deliveries of the I'.'L'.'i crop and has paid the Virginia and North Carolina members of the old bright tobacco belt ill full for •">"i grades of the I!>2.'» crop, before 1 all of its warehouses have closed ! for receiving tobacco of the crop of ' I I' 1" '• ! 'lbis week's payments by the to ■ bacco associaion which extended till ! the way from central Virginia into I South Carolina atliacted crowds in all three states and brought satis factory reports from markets in al! three states. livery member of the toba o as- I social mil who received a ch ci. ;'iis | v.'i k was also handed a fed state 'nter. of iiis a.'couut w'th the a>.-oci."- , tion which showed the ainotim - f | jiii•: y which he has iii'.osiod i:: I wan-house stock and ia the reserv - ! fund of the association, ia addition to ; the cash received from his crop, jTI • e statements show that tile ' : pric • reeeivi-d by the organized ' faiT.u rs fer their tobacco loaina,- ' ; ve;\ favorably, grade by grade, with ' j those of the auction floors and the : payment of cash to the co-operative fan '■ i's at this season is a feature ' which is now proving very helpful ' to the members. According to tli" present plan of ' financing the pajnunt for the asso ' cia::"11 warehouses, the ini'mbers will ' hold all the mock in properties which are valued at over three million dol ' la iv. by the end of their present five year contract. The association has received Ila miiboii pounds of tobacco sin-e its wai.-houses first opened in August Governor Silent On Long's Successor Raleigh, March IT. No announce ment was forthcoming from the [geveraor's oflice today as to tile up ! pointinent of a successor to .iudge . I Hen.iamin Franklin Long, of States- II ville. j Rev. J. H. llanos will preach 1 j Sunday morning and Sunday night. -March 22nd, at Bethel Baptist -| church. Everybody cordially invited. TRIAL HERE i NEXT WEDNESDAY I Stokes Men Charged With I)e-1 stroying Property and Vio lating Prohibition Laws, Warrants were issued tliK week ! • f-ir Pud Frv and I'm! Sni'tli, eiii/.eiis I ■ of Snow Cn«-k township, charging j I i them with destroying property and ! ! I violaing the prohibition laws. The i defendants will be given a hearing ! next Wednesday before Justice N. i ! A. Martin here, and are now at \ ! ' liberty undi r i'.'llll bonds each. The j case was scheduled to come up here ' 1 "Jon Tuesday but the State was not ; . ready for trial. 11 Hob Gray, the prosecuting witness | who swore out the warrants, alleges j. that the defendants recently cut to i i pieces the ion and tires of his auto-1 niohil ■ and also cut his wagon and | I uguy harness at his home in Snow j Creek township. The trial to be held here Wednes- : day is expected to attract a largi ' number of citizens, there being a ' great many witnesses in the case. SAVE "TROLLEY BY PATRONAGE; , Case of Greensboro Typical With Lines in Carolinas— People Raise Protest. Do the people want to do away , with the trolley car? Ask Greens- - boro! Somewhat of a funy world, this! The trolley runs day in and day out , and few ride. Hut talk about tear- , ing up the tracks and discontinuing i ) the service then the full begins. j ) Such a proposition was made iu ■ Greensboro: to tear up the tracks | 1 in a certain section of the city and ,i substitute bus service. It was stat- ; ed that the lines were not payini-:, , that there was not sutlicieut patron- , age to pay operating cxpmsis even. | 1 j and that possibly busses could serve j just a.s well. A ri is- mei-iing was • I held and the I übli. voted a vocif.-i --, i ous nay-r.a)' Aecordbio- t - 'i". e tin ,'iisl ' News: ' A -mi nary of the i- -i ••>!, • i ff.-tod by dlose | It sent f r op;i 'S ing the bus propositi.!-, is tile foal' 1 that the car tracks would be loin " up '.lid in a few y. a','.- (I ■ 1 i 'in-- '.would sink into obliviia and tli- > 'Would be without transportation l ' facilities of any kind: fear that iv -1 nioval of the car I n s would cans heavy depreciation in the valt.e of : property, trans; oriatioii costs would ■' be in ci eased fiO p.-r cent, and feai ' that it would be iiopo: -ible to bandl -1 ti-alli.' during the rush hours." I And there you are: the trolley "'offers regular and reliable scnic.-: ' | tli. 11"ilb y enhances the value of n-.-d " estate; the trolley i> the only mean 1i by vviiicli mass transportation ear " | be handled. 'l It was suggested at the Gri.n --i boro meeting that "ii cai> w re run • j more friiiaciuly patronage of tli > trolley ears PROi'AIiiA would grow." That se -lib to be asking a great I ileal of a puhlii servite coinpaiiy. :l Take any electric st'v-.-t railway for instance, which has bet a ep. r " in-j for years at a loss; the people '• i'.t • (-referred riding to town in tl -ir comforiable autos, laing tile '' nia'ti r. 'ts for storage (mrposi s. '' 1 ! i.av let the trolley puisi.t it ! i mptv vv. y. The trolley has eoii v' j tin lit tl all these years offering it ''iservit A point is reached when v> | losse- em to demand its diseoii '' tinuan . fheii the peo;ile ask that the com' to;. double its onerating f costs vv-ia th PROHAHILITV that patronage w • 1 increase. ' Maybe ".ill; maybe it won't. P II | may be fair t ask such an increase in outlay fi• • :• the company; it mav L ' not be fair. Hilt there i- ■no sure way to '' keep the troll.;. Mid help it expand , h and improve it- :-. vice, ar.d that is • by patronising it now— N'-O-W. Greensboro's net an isolated - ease; the same conditions prevail ail I through tii ■ Carolina*. Some line j ' day the people mav wake 11(1 to learn that the troiVys simply can not run and to f -r. t them to rua j would amount i-> t air's ation. "I Sam L. Childs Dead New York, March 17. -Samuel L. Ii Childs, presidents of the Childs Com , puny, operators of a chain of res t taurants, died today in a local sani- I. tariuill. i No. 2,762 JUSTICES FOR STOKES COUNTY Appointed J'.y Last Legislature —Members ii! School Hoard Named, Kaeli For Two Years. Thi' last legislature appointed the following named Justices of the Peace in the several townships of Stoke.s eount.v: Beaver Island Township.—R. X. Wall, G. L. Kggleston, \V. J. Adkins 15ip Creek.—S. -M. Walker, J. T. Nunn. Danbury.—X. A. Martin, C. F. Reid. Meadows.—l. H. Alley, S. L. Hol land, J. W. Fowler. Peters ('reek. —\V. I'. Rav, I'. A. Sheppard, \V. I). Nelson. Quaker dap. P. 0. Fry, \V. C. Martin. Snow ('reck.—J. Moir Hawkins, C. M. II •nr;s. Sauratown. S. ('. Rii»rson, Tiios. 11. deny, .J. A. XewMimi. Vadkin.- \V. A. Sullivan. I>. E. : -irdo:i. .1. Wil,. n Mitchell. Hoard Education. .1. R. Forrest, W. S. Steele, J. L. Christian, each term two years. TOBACCO MARKET CLOSED FRIDAY Season Just Closed Was Best in History of Local Market; IJG.OI 10,000 Pounds Sold. Winston-Salem, March 1-I.—The sale nf leaf tobacco was brought to a close Friday after what has been declared the most successful year in th-.* history of the local tobacco mar ket. Since the market season opened last fall approximately :'.>,000,000 pounds of tobacco have been sold at an average price of about 20 cents a pound. The exact amount >f pounds or dollars could not be learned last night. Some «>f the very best golden leaf tobacco ever placed on the market wa> sold during the season that has just closed. The I ibac o raised in .lie 1 iedmot;t section is considered of th:' lu st grade. This fact was clear- I . pi' V'n by t'se high prices that ' i' iM. ii! 1. i- tiie b.'-t tobacco. I luring the past few days the sales have been small, but the prices dur ing last week were unusually good considering the fact that most of the tobacco sold was scraps. Officers Raided 40 Distilleries In the State Last Month Salisbury. March 1 I.—Officers op erating under A. !!. Colt rune, of this city, federal prohibition director for N itli Carolina, hud a very busy month during February according rcporis just forwarded to Wash ii i"tt n. • •lie distilleries and 111 stills • ; ■ !;•!. n and I.'.TS gallons of liqit o.->. ab.ir.: with much other material tin: piipnient for the manufacture Twi . > r.ine automobiles were : u . i. i 12 arrests made with !02 i: .• " ii.t-. Value of property seiz ed :.':d I' v-troycd w:i- Sii|. !."2 and tha'. ;:.i;ep and not destroyed was vaii'i d at >7.055. Reidsville Market Sold 2,501,750 Pounds Reid ville, March 11. The Reids villc auction warehouses dos. ii for the li' 2-1-25 season Wednesday of this week. Notwithstanding a much smaller crop in 1 I>2l th:ut was the l'.'2-"« crop, total sales on this market showed an increase of more than 15 per cent evi l* the previous year. Total sales for 1 '.'2l-25 were 2,- 501.750 pounds; sold for $.">110,225; averag" £22.10 per hundred. Total sales f>r l!'2:!-21 were 2,- !70.00;! pounds; sold for $-13*1,800.00; average 520.00. The total amount paid for tobacco |on this market the past year was i *l2-1.12 !.00 more than was disbursed i the year before an increase of I about 26 per cent. Asheville To Have New $500,000 Hotel Asheville, March 17.—Work on a now $500,000 hotel, to be located at the comer of Market and Woodfin streets, Asheville, has begun. The new hostelry will contain 125 rooms. I