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AUGUST 28 til, 1924.
General Assembly Transacts
Was Shortest Extra Session Hdd in Many
Years-—Ship and Water Program to Be
Voted on by People.
lUMcfc. A*. M.—The fMMl
ilwrtw in Noraateac will be mm la
vklrt nbiMtal, m Mi aa a*i>
4mm will ha mW »pea, aa the ra>
riding far tfca laalabOMy af the ateh>
la« fawi. wMeh waa paeaed by the
called t» eoaaidar, adjaai lied, aina die,
at noon Saturday, after bang In aaa
•K>n exactly Id days and ana hour.
TVnajrh It waa tha shortest extra wm
awn that tha North Carolina reneral
ha* held In many years,
much important statewide legislation
waa enacted and a rnaaa of local bills
war* handled.
Ewi national lafialatlon waa af
farted at thia session, whan tha pro
posed amendment to tha federal con
stitution livmr Con*raaa powar to
re(ru!at» tha employment of minora
under 18 yearn of a«*. waa aim oat un
animously rejected.
Tha rhief objection to tha propoa
ad federal ——tmm<, aa expreasad
by t he mam ban of both houaea. waa
that it interfered with states' riffhta
and had no ragaid far tha naed* of
tha rssperttee atatea, aaperially thooa
of tha agricultural section
Qoeationa that will bo submitted
to tha paopla by referendum at tha
November election +rm:
Tha ratification of tha act, known
aa tha part aaaiate MB, that paw
rides for tha aatabllahmant of ahip
aad water teaneportatloa alone tha
raaat and tee inland waterways of
North Carolina, creates a port na
■ileaion to direct the affairs; and
aathorisee tea atate ti aaauiai to la
sae te.MO.oar> In bonds to pint aw
tends for tela purpose Only 91,
000.000 of the appropriation vffl ha
aeed for the ronatraetion af parte aad
terminals while the reaaaintnff fljMO,
MO will be held in reeerre for the
ronstructioa of a merchant ship line,
should it be deemed necessary for the
aacress of the project.
The nroeosed amendment to the
statr constitution, relative to the, In
violability of the sinking fund, al
lowing the use of revenue collected
from taxes on automobiles and the
sale of g-asoline, for the retirement
of highway bonds.
The Patterson bill, which provide*
for an increase of the salary of the
•ember* of the general »**embly,
from $4 per day to 110 per day. Thil
too in a constitutional amendment.
The soldier homestead act. intro
duced by Representative Prank Oris!
of Caldwell, and passed by the IMS
rejrular session, which provides for
the issuance by the treasurer of $2,
•00.000 in bonds to secure funds tc
be lent for the purchase of homes, it
sums not to exceed $2,500. to Bold
tan of the world war. who are retri
dmts of North Carolina.
As a companion to the port com
mission bill, a Joint resolution wai
TMMd authorisne the appointment o<
a commisaion to invest irate the At
lantic and Yadkin railroad, soceea
aor to the Cape Fear and Yadkin Val
ley railroad, with • view to re-eetab
Making the continuous east and wnl
Hne. from Wilmington to Meant A try
and to report to the IMS general as
—bly
IV reeohrtion stated that th
ind Yadkin Valley rail
was sold by the stat<
Wen Illegally d'«
h
to the Interstate
It wa
practically In I
for Um
nated by amendment
The highway* of the state ratilwl
considerable attention (turnif tha aaa
*l«n. The North Carolina atop law
waa amended hi an to reqolre auto
mobile* to atop only at i.m—iaga
where thwf are four or more train*
dally and to allow an eating officers
to take 110 raah bail for tha appear
ancs of tha alleged violator. Tha
prior law had provided for vehiclea
to "top at all railroad crossings.
Tha highway commission waa am
powered to increase tha salary of the
chairman to any amount to I1K.046
It waa enacted that it ahail be a
miadeamor to be intoxicated on the
■tat* highway*.
It waa also rlaaned aa a
off I
alone the Uft
waya and proviaion* wan Made for
the closing of county highway* while
A penalty
hoga." for
ial aicn* on the pni|ia»U ef other*,
including antomoMle* without the
ronaent of the owner*
Mate Of flee Hdldhi
The two house* pa—ad favorably
upon the bill authorizing the erec
tion of a new $M0,M0 state office
building oppoeite the capital for, tha
bouaing of the auto lirena* depart
ment; providing treatment for Indi
rent tubercular patient*; increasing
, the pension* of blind Confederate
veteran* to S-W0 annually; tr. allow
board* of county commissioner* to
i**ue bond* without vote* of the peo
ple for highway construct iri, bridge
building and school erection- appro
priating 125,000 for the state school
for the blind; and empowering coro
ners to iasue warrants and •^jnirini
that proceedings of inquests be taken
by stenographers.
of fee caMaa. fiihiw NfWfh
the aid if new nalpm.at mmI fro
th# Pip fttaal A Win iwp«>>, de
clare that Km Impregnation of uapra
uadsntod «Unfli into tk* slender
strands of wire that are only IM-ttW
of aa inch la (Mameter, opena new
__ — _ 1 Ll 11j.m^a^l I
pnnRiniiiwfn ior wwvn»i« or Mmpvi mw
The total length of tka Delaware
river bridge, including plaiei, la ty
7W feet, ae compared wtth the KJM
foot length of the Brooklyn bridge,
which was considered an' eng nearlng
wonder of the world when it waa erec
ted. The main apaa of the Dataware
river bridge—the span directly rap
ported by the caMaa—la 1,750 feet.
The river span of the Brooklyn bridge
la 1.S95.R feet long.
An idea of the pragma effected
in suspension bridge conatruclion la
given in the fact that four cab tea 15.5
inches in diameter are naed to rap
port the Brooklyn epan while only
two 2» inchea hi diameter will be
used to hold op the Dataware apaa.
Each of the two Delaware hridga
cablaa, after aaaembly in the field,
will be %JUO feet long with a (actional
area of M2 square inchea. Bach will
weigh net tana, and he eempria
ad of «1 atranda of *M wires each, or
18,M« erlrea per cable. The aaaem
bly will be effected la the field by
stringing the wire emrtlaaooaty from
anchorage via the foot-bridge recent
ly romplated hetaaaa the twe main
towara that ^itead Mt feet above the
water and rapport the cablaa.
Upon completion the hrldga win in
clude a vehicle traffic way S? feat
wide which will have a re parity of •,
000 vehiclea per hoar, four rapid trail -
ait linea and two 10-feet aidewalks
for pedeatriana. and it la thie load
that the rabies moat hold via the 310
suspended ropee while will connect
them with the a pan.
Bandits Gwt 9100,000
New York, Aug. ft.—Defying the
police "dead line" in the financial and
jewelry .liatrict, three hold-op men
Friday entered the wholesale jeaieli y
• stahliahment of PeidenheiaMr and
Jacoby, on the ninth floor of 170
Broailway. and escaped with 9100.
000 worth of gems.
"Old Home Day" to Bring
North Carolinians Back
fUleigh, An*. 19.—Althoafti North
Carolina ha* received moch advertia
mg in many forau daring recent
year*, tha general itiibly h—'htan
aaked, tkroa|k joint r«ao>utii— plac
ad before It, to aid In bringing the
state before the people of
tion of the country. The
one officially recognizing "Old
Dtey," In IKS. and "Letter Writing
Weak," and the other appropriating
$20,000 for giving the state
itatioa at the
in New York in )•
have haw prepared.
hm -
a tion ■ was introduced In tha
It provtiaa far the
Tha -OM Rom Day"
hi the hands of Baft
of Forsyth eeunty. It
i former I It in— of North
,'three of
The measure which te footered by
the North Carolina Baal Estate board
urges that all former niHwtl of
North Carolina now Urine hi
statea, together with that
friends and rela three and tha relatives
and friends of fanner t ill—s of oth
er states who now live hi North Car
olina he urged te attend a general re
union and home-censing to be
in every county in the state Tha i
brat ion is to last througho
but the second Thursday in the
is designated "Old Roese Day"
The coanty rnwtealnnwi of every
county in the state toother wtth dv
tc organ isations are arged te Jste te
the inritstten, Bsflrnads an te It
asked te setalilleh special rate*.
The month of Mareh. IMS, te de
Letter Writing Heath" dar
every reeidaat of
its la schools qpd
te write, iavitiag
taC.
The resolution officially linltes all
North Carolinians and Mends
>* North Caroltea te
It* until today.
Other i
against the defendants Mollis Wif
oner took the stand, laatlfylag for!
9 minutes. Six itid that |
i married to William Por
of Mn. Culler's. rela
tira to tha birth of tha child. Tha
infant diad bafara aha and Glenn Jer
ri* reached tha Ysdkm rirer,
MaiUa.
They drore off of tha main road |
and remained thara till sunaet,
thay decided to hory tha infant in tha
rivar. She carried tha child to the
rivar bank, wrapped it wail and Glenn
Jar*la pat It la the rhrer. TV
twraad to Wine ton-Sale* that night, |
«hc said, foinf to tha hen of Jarris'
brother, and stayed there until th*
following Friday, whan they want to
Virginia.
tha
of a
On
not ha km at tha
of Jar
Un
held to tha sistaw sat that ths
diad and that neither she nor
Glenn J arris Mad it.
The baby waa in her anna srhen
tWew 4# Mea J m L* Mij|
wwy oitcoirifu u wm (ma, ihp uia,
and she took all th* blame for tha
EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS
IN AUTO AND CAS TAXES
Op an
for Ys
$300,000.
bkifh, Aof. 32.—Approximately
$8,000,000 in sutomobile and |uoltr«
tase* were collected in North Caro
lina durinr the year 192S-21 hy the
automobile department, under the
manairement of Joe E. Sawyer*, ac
cording to a statement issued here to
day hy Secretary of State W. K. Ever
ett, under ihuat federal supervision
I the department operate*.
To be exact the fim>ra* of the secre
tary show that 17,954.000 was collec
ted. Of this amount S.1975,000 waa
the taxes collected on motor vehicle
licenses and was the taxes
collected oa gasoline sold. The motor
vehicle* operating under paid
were given as fmjHft paaeeng
24,879 tracks, and l^H motorcycle*.
The total east operating the
eat improvements, the coat at tieoaae
pitta* aad postage aaed hi delivering
the plates to the was
Ml. Mr. fmstt
Iredell Comty Sets Pkce in
Conservation of Timber
(faction of timber. Tfae «m riaerly
W. Ciartir and DMrirt Agent K. &
with the rtfnltr routine wee* «f
I and own on ami farmer* »il|J »ta I.
•Mi little or no adWttonai tipua*.
hut with immense profit ta the pres
ent generation and the generations
that are to foAaw. Tha idea ia aa a»
rMdbiflji practical one, ami it it
paused ala*t far tha consideration of
other* interested ia tha future hap
pineaa and piuepei il| of ear emmUy
aa a whole.
Sine* statistics ahow that we are
cutting soft timber eight time* aa
feat aa the timber ia growing one ear
readily see the naiesaltj for wlae and
Judicious coneerration. The slmnlc
method* outlined by the forevter* win
result in increased production to the
point where it will equal tile |»re»nt
cut.
Deamnat rattans la IS Tawaeblpe
County Agent 1 W. Oraeber ia con
ducting demanaCratioaa in pine te
ller in 12 tnwneMpe of Iredell, and a
number of farmer* are taking op ti.i*
work on their own farma m a result
of the demanatrationa. Experts who
inspected the local foreata due weak
found that more iirtaraat hao baaa
•hown hi the rare of farm timber, and
especially ta the wavfc ef thinning the
thick staade of pine*, fa Iredell than
In any other wwiaty in tha atate.
waa oa the fradell county home prop
erty, about flee milea soath of 9Wet
Tifle. where the mpply of flisnuud for
the institution ia *ecurad by »hianii»r
out the dead timber and that which
m (rftfHWB, idPIM Of (ICMI •'M jrifr
tire, leaving only the smooth tree*
which are already or ran hermc ef
value for lumber or other commercial
purpeeoe. Before coneereation waa
Heron by Mr. Oraeber on this plot
three year* ago, one section ct tt was
rut clean, all the timber, good and bad,
bring used for firewood: adjoining
this Is the demonstration plot, which
stands out in pleasing contrast: just
beyond ia a section of woodland where
nature alone is doing the tbbmimt mid
nrunning, and this shows how belt-fat
the ax in the hand* of expert forest
res ran be in the elimination and on
nervation process.
mm ay raw riraa
J. 8. HoImm. *tate fHM'.tr. called
attention to the (rat leas by 'ornt
fire*; the ami gate richer wltan tlw
Irara are left and it (row* poorer
when the leave* arc burnd; fire* xlao
datroy all wptrimtkm af tree* utd
able to withstand tree dla»a»B« tint
follow in Um waka of foraat Are.
Diaanaaa attack traea, aa hi the caaa
of the hutaan body, whan tree* have
their vitality radrad If traaa have
a viforoga rrowth. they will kaep
ahead at the hoc* and worm*. IV
pin* beetle, it waa pointed oat. la the
moot destructive enemy.
On I J. Troutataa'a farm, taa
mitaa waat of the i
afUlwwu
* aaaend tfclaatn* to
•»<
to «fea the
rrfal valna. and aae. ft far ftra
On tMa
Mr Traut
Pw mi
KiMivlik, Ts
row Wilson DihiiiIi of
in juniiArii nvwT tiw qctm( of i
tar John K. Shields by Can.
D. Tyson for the
tion for United States Senator, far it
ia re**r
of tka idaals of Wtlaon by tka
of tka Old Volunteer
Wkan Ta
pakltcan rolumn in tka 1MD PwM»
tial election oppgnenta af tka t «ag—
of Nation* heralded tka defeat af tka
tjr Into a Garden of
mourn tka loes of Its martyred M
rr. Wiindraw Wilson.
Senator Shi*Ida. wkile Ckiaf Jas
tiae of the Tennessee Supreme Cewrt.
waa elected Senato in 1*12. Dvrtaf
hi* firat term ht faiid to unppoct
Wilson as tka Democrats of Tennea
saa thought he should and ha waa r»
e^prted only upon kis promise and tka
promts* of kis Meads that ha wooid
rive hi* allegiance ta Mr. Wilson.
Hardly had ha i r turned to Washing
ton for his second tana, however. be
fora tka Uscna af Nations waa
brourht up in tka Senate. Mr. Shields
joined foecee with tka irrsrnnr ilaklas
and steadfastly voted and worind
asaiast adoption of tka Leajroe af
Nations by tka Unitad States,
tor Henry Cabot Lode* and
Shields war* two af
eaeaues of tka Ln»n and It
largely through tka efforts of
two fba Leapt wu,
Woodrow Wilson, a few :
for* kis death.
Shields "was one of tka least trust
worthy of My prnfsas«d supports**."
This »tat«a»«mt of Ml. Wilaon was
used by Gen. Tyson durinr kis casa
paifn, and it always