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The rmm bill tn Ita pmwt form
win to Chainaaa N. A. Town
aaad, of tin kow fWBI iwlllw,
wbo placad It Mora tlw kaw today,
would raiaa an annual riTaaaa of ap
proximately 112,000.000. If tha a»
jcapilatluaa W0 afcowid be written to
faraflal tha badftt i — liaiua'a re
part, it would call for IMjMMM a
year far atate dapartmenta and hi
atltationi. Tha appropriation bill ia
■■pail ad to ba ta trad uead ant week.
Than the toak ot making tha two fit
trfll confront tha leffialatura and ba
looffct oat m tha floors of tha two
Aa praaanted to tha bouae for tta
coaaldeiatlun, altting aa a commit tea
«f tha whole, tha rerenoe MB ailiai
aa changea in tha achadola of bihari
tanee taxaa aa it affaeta widow* and
However, aa to collateral haira—
brutlwn and aiatara—thara ia a 28
far cant Incrraae, and itvrraaaaa ranr
hf from fhra to 100 par caat aa to
parauwa of no blood kin, according to
tka amount Involved.
Lawyer* S2S a Year
In schedule B the increases rung*
from 60 to BOO per cent.
For instance, lawyers would bar*
to pay the «tate $26, instead of 98
aa at present. liter* is a provision,
however, relieving then of half this
aaaount when they do not make as
mrh aa f1.000 a yew.
The hill provides for • marriage
license fee of $S. The present fa* Is
|t. Filling stations would be requir
ed to pay from $6 to $20.
- Barbers' chairs would be taxed $1
• year each.
The rate on individual incomes
heretofore ranging from one par cant
to three per cent, would, under the
tarau of the new bill range from 1 1*4
par cent to five per cent
Corporatiaa hteomes
Aa affecting corporations, there
would be a flat rata of four par cant
M compared with three now charged.
Railroad franchise taxaa would be
increased 100 per cent, while that re
quired of telephone companiea, tele
graph and sleeping car companies
would be increaaed SO per cant
Under the terms of the bill water
companies, power companiea and gaa
companies would be taxed in propor
tion to their receipts, the rate being
oae-tonth of on* par cent. Mr. Town
aand expected that this form of tax
ation would incur, subatantially, an
Increase of 200 per cent of the pres
ent rata charged these industriea.
A tax of $2 would ha impoead on
at commercial judgments where the
defendants pay the coats, and IS on
al original prnctssa* in civil caa*a
t» courts of record.
A plan is being davlaad to provide
far the taxing of contractors, which
would. It is indicated, yield between
WOO,000 and $400,000.
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cftU. Ghtoi
Hopklni unlver
clriw to have tHa
m m«H. It h "T
if apalM Mr.
•HI
ballot Mil, ptH of th* mm, tlih»
in m mrftwriM* npurt on Dm on
100 hid nMl tlurt Vlf.
fnlloWta* the inootfaw that th* minor
ity nport will b IM
port of tho hthhtlft emnrl of tkt
North Carolina wmmm' organization
and th* wown wtrt pr—ut to hark
it op. NaMjr had anything to my
•K«inat M.
RECOVER ALL OF BODIES
IN MINE
B*t» Burial mi SI Mm Who
R^N^W^Ma^VBa f J#v 11W™
Blast i*>rri<Mf»l
Sullivan, ImL, Feb. 22.—An unceas
ing wirrh started by mine rat—
toaiaa for Um bodies of >1 mm an.
t on bad after aa aipMa in the City
Coal Crmipanjr'i abaft hara last Fri
day andad amrtjr today ^cn tba last
corpsa was broaght to tba surface.
Boris! of tba daad was atartad, sar
vicaa for two rf tba victima being haid
bars aad for anotbor at Dinar, Ind.
Thar* win ba no community fanaraL
E*ch family will ear* for Its owa
daad. la aeveral inatancaa wbara two
members of a family piriahed a sin
gle service wiD ba bald.
Sullivan County officials sra dis
posed to sceept tba tboory that tba
' t plosion was taaaid by tba audden
precipitation into tba mine of a quan
tity of (as from aa aartb pocket, the
ras being ignited by the apark from
s miner's tool or the flare from a
worker's lamp.
Henry L. Hurari chooser, member of
the 8tate Industrial Board, arrived
and be ran expediting the payments
to which families of the victims sra
entitled under the workman's compen
sation law. The law provides for
payments of |IMt each week for
909 weeka to each dependent family.
I Pitched Ball Doatroya Profit
for BootkffW
Gaston ia, Feb. 21.—A wild pitched
, t a»«b»n by t local hlrh school t indi
: date for Coach Pat Crawford'* varsity
resulted in a local bootlegger losing
' two perfectly rood quarto of corn li
quor her* Friday morning.
The scene was one block below the
New York Street school building. Two
urchins were catch In* ball. One of
then threw wild to hia playmate. The
hall bounced off the other's Mitt and
rolled out Into the road, asd the hoy
who miseed it promptly darted Into
the street for h. A Ford rams sooth
at this moment and the driver waa
forced to fire his ear a swift turn
Into the ctuV One of its doers flew
open and two quart fruit jars of com
liquor rolled out. One was dsatruyad
hut the other remained Intact and un
; WOKffl.
i The boys who sawed all the trouble
, quickly sprunr upon the staff. Mean
while. aa quick aa a Ford will do it
the driver left that vicinity. He turn
ed Into Rdgowood Circle drive and
headed for parts unknown. The hoy
•arned the quart of booae over to the
high school authoHtiea.
He might get to take It homo with
bim and net H for "fW medicine.
Then again the aMeert of the taw
•night p»t hold of it aad pour It down
THa MO
tlon at tha
pany hrtrufctsd by Senator I»
*tt of rut, in tkc farm at » Joint to- \
•ototion.
"Tktrt ii no laltb
piopb of North
in thU concern," ha
In Pitt eoonty alona, ha
"tha paopla kan sahacribad to
twaan 1100.000 urf 1206,000 ia tha
rmrmtly worthless.
the stack hare received
it ar beard anything from the
panjr linra they bought aa intaraat hi |
it" ha added. Martia com
have roheeribed to armr 1100.000 at
tha stock," aaid Sana tor Everett.
Sana tor Alderman. of Vaare, far-'
tharad tha caaaa of tha Mil with tha
atatMMat that hia cowaUtwIanta had
alao suffered haavily from tha Fish
eries Product! company stork and
that ha was haartily in faror of tha
MO.
An UMndmiit to btcfade tti the Mil
provisions for by tk*
•ttorwy ftMrel of Um Bailor Broth
em ToWen company, of Wineton
Hal«ai and the Paul Rittr company,
nf Salisbury, wai suggested by Sena
tor Grant, of Davie. Senator Ever
ett, however, objected to anything
that would dela« action on hia meaanre
and prapoeed that the Davie senator
draw np another resolution to win
hia parpoaea. Senator Grant acceded.
Needn't TeH Btsineea
The hill to require applicant* for
marriage licensea to five IS days no
tice to the register of deeds, who
would he requested to post such no
tices in hia offVa, was overwhelm
ingly sidetracked In the bona* of rep
resentatives when it cane np on sec
ond reading.
Both branches met early today,
then broke tip their individual sittings
at noon for a Joint session to elect
members of the boards of trustees
of the university of the State College
of Agriculture and Engineering, re
turning later to their separate see
siona, which lasted well np into the
afternoon.
The highways revenue bin, raising
the gasoline tax from three cents to
Party Cirw Uf
TW GlMK
Chicago, ^ 21.—TW
for hugimlM Political Action
up the ghost km iMifkt ha
dMt action of |
of a m party.
Thia meting was foflowad aa hoar
of diftptM to tbe oM body, bat a*
1« affBk
IHHI^ twi
um for launching tlx new par-1
KaKhoi Gin $100 To
Marion, f<k. II.—At Uh close of,
Um wwmllrtle Butting kaM tiara by|
Railroad Spink* of Alabama, Sunda
24 Ka Khn Klanaami, arrayed Hi
thair spooky rntn of wlltf, marrbad
in to the Ban* at church bar* just be
fore tba beginning of tba evening aar
vioe and dep» aitod in tba hands of lir j
Mr. Spinka mm hundred dollars, t
gather with a note expressing to bin I
thair appreciation of his declaring tba j
whole coon sal at God during the mm
ing. Tba eaeat created quite aa e*-|
citement in the town, aa the organiaa- j
tion baa only bean perfected in Mar
ian in the last few weeks.
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four cento a gallon, and providing a
new system of management for the
road fund went on its pnaaage in the
house without disrosasion or opposi
tion. This completed tba major road 1
legislation of the 1*25 session, ■aval
the red tape procedure of ratiflea-j
tioa
The boose passed a hill to require
fire drills in the public schools at
least once a month, a aMssure to gha
certain counties authority to estab
lish civil county courts and a bill de
signed to prevent overlapping of
jurisdiction of munleTpal courts.
After a abort debate centering in
the question of rewards for officers
of the law the senate tabled with
big mapority a bin by Senator Carter/1
of Sorry, and an amendment propo
ed ^ him. which among other things
would have allowed county commis
sioners to pay $20 to officers making
arrests resulting in conviction of op
erating an illicit whiskey distillery.
The senate killed a bill to change
the state dog tax law.
Dynamite Seals Tomb of
Floyd Collins in Sand Cave
Cava City. Ky., Feb. IS.—SnM in
his perpetual tomb, Floyd Collins
• leaps tonight la peace. Buried alive,
he emtared tcr day* the terrifying
solitude, praying that, MMhoa ha
would aaeape an impending doom tl.at
always waa hi* companies. Unahle
longer to witfcatand the tortarea of
body and spirit, ha died, atone, trap
pad in the Jaws of the cava whose
wonders he discovered.
Realising per ha pa. that the valiant
him woold be la vahTha metdMth
gamely, hi* Jaws sat. A few hours,
or maybe a day or two, after death
had ended his suffering, rwenera
was resigned to Um cm** that would
not releaae hhn.
But ibm the wpvldin of that ob
eeuvo unfortunate had bean unfolded
• new* aarial that enthralled the
country for IT daft TV climax waa
rtaebed Monday wMh the flndta* of
the body. The eplhpw waa written
today.
The till of detoaatin^ dynamite;
the dull thud of hi*r* boulder*, loos
ened froaa the renturfea-old bad on
| the deoo'ete hilMde, ad they tumbled i
| in aad 'jaled the new (tit, waa aa the
drawta* of a cyJopbon to the borate
work of the reecuen.
Today a few flower* aUeaa about
the Aoath of Bead Gave aad a few
V .■■■• M
Seventeen other pr
win to meted apaa kf tto
in IImy.
Is •
rami unity on tto old
t*»n WtrrfBtmi n4
to* for mot* than a cento y tow no
niderrd one of tto toat i
in tto eoontjr. It toa an
whool and two church** Many of
rto Imm are ipMid oM hue***
dattn* toek before tto War Between
the Sertionn. Tto great balk of tto
rUiiens are law abfcttn* and are hi
•-horoo*h aympathjr with tto
preacher** aim*.
Uqmt Traffic Grain
Dnrhf the put few jntn Om
iMnofxtiK of liquor has «lo»u to,
alarming proportions, with tbo Iowar
•knmt of the community |iiiml)
ni(i(*d In It CondMoae laat »ui
m»r riaclmd and a stage that tha
church people of tha toaaunity de
termined that rawitMiif moat ha
dona about It. Particnlar streaa vma
laid upon tha condition la tha revival
nwctinfi that ara hald In «oat man
try church* In lata soanner. Tha
Rev. Mr. Britt waa particularly ear
nest in hia endeavors.
Mix weeks later the yoonf preacher
took stock of tha • it nation Littla
improvement had baan made, although
a number of confeaaed bloclcadrra
had profeaaad religion. Drunkenness
•till prevailed, and at ttaaea ha was
compelled to eject noma of the youaf
er element from hia chorch scisk'ea
for disorderly conduct. He determin
ed to try another plan for ridding tha
community of liquor. He laid hia
plana before aereral of tha lea din*
member* of hia chnreh, and they ap
proved them.
Among the converta at tha Augoat
meeting were two yoong fellows, Ben
nett Fatallmer and John Parrtah. Tha
latter appeared to be thoroughly fam
iliar with the blockading industry and
willingly joined the preacher and
Faulkner In their campaign to find tha
illicit stills, destiny them and piaeaal
the evidence to the grand Jury.
Scoar the Wee* far Stllb
ror iour montns uw preacner mm
the two young converts toured the
v.rod» at night. Many t.ight* they
lay in tHe bruah within a few feet of
a (till and watched the operator* at
»"ork. They were a Me to identify
the men. and by overh««ring their
talk, pick up Hum to other atflla. The
preacher kept a note hook hn which
he Nt down all he heard and aaw.
Once they were dUcovered, and shot
•t by the Mockadera.
When the grand Jury aaaembled in
January the preacher preaented hia i
evidence directly to ioHcltor W. F.
Erana, and the grand jury returned
indictment* agalnat 14 men. Thoee
indicted were Hariey Difkereon, 1. H.
Holden, Hubert HoMen. Jeeee Dicker -
ixw, John Clapton. Clifton Dicker**,
Sid Driver and William Gup*on, white
and George Wright. Farcy Fogg, liy>
The rrmgregmtlnn, generally fak
ing I* atandlng bihlal Ma paatar.
Some dfrrialon tWn hae beea, M la
admitted TV rtorek ha« SRI m»
bar*. Synrpatkiaer* wHh the Into
ilinwt hare either withdraw ar km
ham dropped from memhanhlp Dto
affertlon awiiin tha Mafcm ia mM
to be relatively tatall. A wet tag a#
tka loyal nwban. afcpaat IM par
rant utrong. wm hatd h IV rh«rrk
yard yeaterday while tka aahaa ef tha
rlrarctl tarn etill —ioaldering, and de
WHMn dfht of tka nrina nf tka
rorintk rhorrb la tka Trinity Metho
<iiart church. Tka paator of tkia
ctorch kaa takan no active fart la tka
11maili. Moat of Ms mnalnnhlp la
mU to ka In active aympatky wttk
tka work of tka yoang Baptist |»aaik
<t, and |hrk( hha tkalr moral mtp
part. Tk» awl » helming " iit>nw>
tka uuaadar tot kia active llntnut
la tka SO yaar old um»eit at tka Aa
ru»t meeting:. Bennett Faulkner.
A Maa Inafraid
Britt la 28 yaar* old, a native of
Robeann county, a graduate of Waka
F'lraat College. Ba weight* 119
I oanda and kaa tha look of a man *a
afraid. Ha preachea at Corinth twice
a month and at Wakaflald ia Waka
county twiea a month. Ha kaa no—
of tha look of a fanatic, bat ratkar
of quiet determination to do what ka
ha* aet oat to do. Mixed wttk It la
something of a young Ban's natural
lore of ademtnre.
Tonight he ia aoaaewkere oat in tka
broah with yoang Faulkner looking
for a (till. Beaabody b» ought Ma
information today that oae had ban
located. Dreaaed in a pair of old ar
ray trouaer* and a flannel akfcrt, ka
aet off about mndown tki* aftarnooa
to reeume hi* offenaira again* an
"vil that tha boat preaching ka cmM
do failed to mora. Ha ia trying bomm
tking elae.
AssaiUat ml Wif* Gats
Durham JVb tl.-M.rrin FaUa,
••tf-confaaaad wonM b* wnfr-rauntar
prtaon u a matt of Us itMupt to
kflt hU wtfs early an the morntac •*
rAnur 1 PrnD* XvttkUi head
on W« cheat throughout the fbal
iHtrhi today and pn mo dpi that
He had board the *oi>tet*e.
Ml. strath Margaret Leaf hlh,
hi. 15-jraar-oJd wtfe. mr the haad
with a Vm«th of pip and Una alaah