MOVMT AMY, NORTH
U9A, MARCH ltth. IMS.
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Cenml Attembljr Patted
□even Hundred New Laws
RiW|k, March
MHi»>
by the |mrr>l
of North Carolina during
the fHMay biennial aearton of 1WIS.
The aeaaion waa i-miMinJ by Many
to hare been ona of tha moat impor
tant in reeent year*, chiefly because i
of tha drmatle change* that warn1
made in tha state'* flaeal policy.
Briefly. tha general assembly of ,
J#2S scrapped tha accrual hula and
adopted • "balanced budget" finan
cial policy. Throughout tha aeaeion
tha principal question hafora tha two
leading committees of aarh branch,
that la, tha rnmmlttaaa on finance
and appropriation*, waa how to make
tha appropriation* coma within tha
ran** of rawnuai to ha actually col
lactad. Tha naw policy goea into ef
fect with tha beginning of tha neat
fiscal yaar, July 1, when tha execu
tive budget will begin to function.
Governor McLean's principal nun-1
pairn plank will hatrln waa a decla
ration in favor of a "balanced bud
get"—an executive budget. And thi*
waa ona of tha reform* on which he
placed *trong emphaaia in hia inau
gural addreaa and also in hia firat re-'
commendatory mnaip to tha genera)
assembly There were other recom-1
mendationa, but he *treeaed thia moat,
letting It be known that he conaider
ed It the haaii for a "businesslike ad
ministration of affair* of state
>o Frn Lane* Ainriii
L' nder the new system, adopted by
the (fiwril sssemhly of IKS, there
will he no "free lance" department*
or institutions privileged to spend at
random. The highway commission
ia about the only depai fmil not mm• \
ing under the executive budget This
ia ItMuat that branch at tin state i
fnvfrnmrnt ran* on its own finance* 1
Finance* of tba state arc ta ba view
ad from tba standpoint of tba whale, i
rather than from a fragmentary
standpoint.
Sharp cats were necessary all'
-down the line, in making appropria
tions Estimates were trimmed to a
minimum—and then some. Requests
were viewed and reviewed. All un
necessary things were eliminated.
Also, there was a co-ordinating of'
the state's c H •"•tHg agencies. For
instance, the collection of automobile
license taxes waa taken from the de
partment of state and lodged in the
department of revenue. This is the
most striking example of the change, i
The governor directly recommended
this course, which was adopted by the
speedy passage of bills embodying 1
the idea or policy.
Few new department« were edded !
to the state government. Commer-1
cial motor transportation was taken
under state superriaioa, but the du
tiee incident to enforcing thia new re
gulatory | olicy were vested n the
er.poration (caitjlwiw, 'he moneys j
Icrivcd thpre on to be nla r! in li-e !
general fund. An enabling act, pass
ed on the last night of the session,
set aside an appropriation of llO.COfl, j
to be used by the corporation com
mission. There may be a few minor I
Jobe created on account of this n?w
supervision, but they will, of necessi
ty, go to men versed in transportation
problems.
Efforts to establish a state depart
ment of police failed completely.
Issuance of Highway Basda
No fight developed over the issu
ance of highway bonds. The gen
eral assembly authorised $20,000,000.
There was a movement on foot to'
make the total Wfi,000.000. This was
given expression through bills intro
duced ia the senate and houae. How
ever, when It was definitely learned
that the governor would not consider
espousing thia view, K was dropped
by the proponents of the W8,000,000
bills A tax of a cent a gallon was
added to gasoline, making .the total
four cents, instead of three, aa here
tofore. The increase tra* to finance
the new bend issue
A fight did orear, however, over
' where the funds from the enforee
meat of the has i sgalallsa msaseri
should go. The origiaal has bill pro
vided that they he ptaeed to the cred
it ef the highway tfliilna. A
Mil paaeed the house aaeignlag the*
.klk-u M * ,k[
equalisation fund. Tkt rseult wna
that the senate adopted the hones MR.
and tha rwamai |o la tha general
tai
A prolonged fight orruirad over in
creased panalani far Confederate lat
itat million dollar appropriation wan.
Thara waa • Mil In tha houae 'a tax
automobiles It for CmMmM pen
sions. That failed, Than, a measure
providing for a motion picture and
thaatra tax paaasd Ita third i eadlng
in houaa, hot thia waa killed fa tha
Several fights developed to in
creaae the equalisation fond above
that contained In the appropriations
hill, but they were unaucoaaafnl. IT-are
were slight changes, hare and there,
in the general appropriation* hill but
none that materially altered the to
tal.
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JIMW LSM1MMV
Another departure rated by the
general aaaembly waa the establish
ment of a judicial conference, upon
the recommendation of the governor.
The question of courts and Judicial
districts era* considered at length in
both houses. R. 0. Everett, chair
man of the houae committee, present'
ed s bill calling for the rsdistrictiaiff
of the state into 27 judicial districts.
This was rejected, hut later one pass
ed calling for 24 districts and an
equal number of judges and solicitors,
being sn increaae of four over the
peasant number. This, however, waa
killed in the senate. Finally, then
passed both branches of the general
assembly the measure known aa the
Davenport bill giving the governor
authority to appoint attorneys to act
ss special judges to relieve congest
ed docket*. For many days the sub
ject of judges and judicial districts
was uppermost in the consideration
of committees having this question
in charge.
One of the outstanding features of
the general aaaembly waa the man
ner in which both branches, especially
the houae, accepted, in principle, the
reports of the appropriations and
finance committees. The hone* waa
more diapoaed than the senate te ac
cept the reports in tote. However,
in the final windup there were few
vital changes.
The entire public school system of
the state is to undergo a thorough
investigation as one of the results of
the recent session of the general as
sembly. The governor waa author
ised to name a commission of 12 to
conduct the inquiry, which will deal
with funds expended and with re
sults obtained, as well as efficiency.
There will also be a commission to
investigate the wages being paid
state employes with a view te elimi
nating alleged waste. Each em
ploye's work will be reviewed and his
or her efficiency will be taken into
consideration, with a view to equalis
ing enumeration. The basis of pay
will be fixed with a view to reward
ing efficiency.
ouif rriwi mptTTKM
The state's prison, which had been
running at • lou, according to pub
lished report*. «u taken from Hi
former status, that of "an indepen
dent" corporation, and placed under
a more rigid state supervision. It ia
now on an appropriation baala and ita
control la vested in a board named by
the governor.
No longer will the various insti
tutions and state departasenta be
priviietred to place their moneys
where they chose to place them. All
funds collected by state agencies moat
be depoalted daily with the state
treasurer. He, after thia, will be the
financial head of the state and re
sponsible for the depositing of state
funds with hanks.
Also the departmenta and institu
tions most look to the state tnaetf for
legal advice. Two new aaaiatanta will
be addsd to the office at the attorney
general, and that office will have su
pervision over all lawsuita in which
the state or any of Ita departmenta
may be interested. In the event this
office cannot render the service re
quired, the governor will be notified
and steps taken by him to secure ad
ditional counsel This meve will eli
minate the employment by the state
highway com mi salon of a special at
torney. On* of the aealetanta la the
attorney general'* office will b* as
signed to th* highway ds»*itmit
and another to the 4e^artas*at of ra
•wry M Mm< Minhw hope,
ieaa, ami imi M« only 10 days to
11 !▼«. Tha a#ad Cktoaae stang to Mb
Ikaaaim. tka M days g, leavtn«
Mm msahir. tort still alto*.
On February U. againet la ad
viea of tka kuepttal aatkei 111—. Dr.
Htm «M ismuead by frisads arf po
litical aaamlatoa to tka hiadqaartsrs
of tka IiwIutoM iFaople party*,
tka former residence of Wellington
Koo, form or foreign minietar It waa
thai* that ha M.
Few If any statesman, pa at or pr'»
ant, km known mora a pa and drana,
more victor! aa ami defeats, mora loy
alty or ti eikei) than Dr. Son Vat
San, tka ftrat proviaional president of
China. frequently rallad tka "fsther
of tka repuklic" and oftan rafariad to
aa tha "George Waaklngton of tha far
east."
Tha naes af Dr. Sun first began
to appaar In newspapers of tha weat
am world hark In tha lata 40a, wkan
hia vignmua pronouncements agninat
hia arch-enemiea. tha dynastic Man
rhu amparara «f China, attraetad aoma
■light attention. Ha waa 'hen living
in tha Hawaiian lalanda with his wi
dowed mother who had migrated to
Honolulu with her huahand, ar agent
of a Orrtatian mlaaion, when San Yet
Sen waa an infant. Since lftft, how
over, when he eaaayed the first of hia
many revotatioaa. hia name has be
come a I moat aa wall known to the
Occident aa K la to the 400 million
rhtnaae national* on behalf of whom
he apent a life time of unremitting
L - -J-Lj M J aoaatoat -1 — —
nwrnoiiip And rofipwini iwnK*T.
Dr. Sun was twice named to tke
higksst constitutional office In China
—tke first time In tke fall of 1911,
wkan ke waa proclaimed the first pro
visional President of the Chinese ra
miblic, and again in May, IPtl, when
he was elected Prssldsnt of all C hina.
Ksawa Tkra—kat WarM
There are few parts of tke world
to which he waa a stranger. Wher
ever there were Chineae he kad bean
always arith the aaase miaaion, the
nm appeal—a Chinese repablir. A
small, quiet, stoop-shouldered man,
| a thin grayish mustache pointing up
| ward at tke anda Dr. Sun moved about
1 tke world holding his life in kis hands
I every moment of the day and night.
| for it would have been worth $200,
j 000 to any one who could plant a
' knife between his shoulders. This re
| ward offered originally by the Man
I chu government, was standing. for
I nearly 20 years.
Dr. Sun, although few of his as
; sociates knew waa a Christian. He
was born in Hon->lohi in 1M2 and re
j ceived his medica' education in the
Hong Kong college. He waa married
quite early in life anu waa the father
| of two children, a son and a daughter.
"w^auT. B*C*U*e
| Washington, March It—Vice Prso
| ident Di«m got another How at has
; in* in the senata Thursday and, oot
wardly, took it smilingly.
Still ■■uirtinr under hi* attack on
; it* rules, and offended because he
hadn't returned to the chamber on
inauguration day, the rice president'*
fatal absence on Tuesday when the
Warren nomination was lost because
he wasn't there to break the tie rote,
was too good an opportunity to be
missed.
Senator Norris, of Nebraska, read
to the senate a post a parody on
Sheridan's ride—bat Instead of Sher
idan riding to sare the day at Win
chester, a taxicab with the rice pres
ident inside was breaking the speed
limit to the capitol in ths futile dash
to sare the nomination of Mr. War
ren to he attorney general.
Half suppressed laughter among
senators punctuated the reading, hot
through it the riee prssidsnt sat
smiling and at the conclusion arose
and returned the compliment to Sen
ator Norris saying:
"The chair cannot refrain from ex
pressing his appreciation of the del
icate tribnte —bmlund by the ssna
Durini the early put of
rvwrnnr Iforriaon'*
he made • rule that ha would hoar
applications for clemency only aaa
Mk oat of each month. Thia
hrnofht hundred* of attorneys and
other intaraatad persona to Raleigh
during tha designated week each
month. During tka othar thraa waaha
thara ware continual pLaaa In ha ha If df
rasea." Than, if tha governor Kap
to ba eallad oat of laMfk on
linaaa during "pardon waak," aa
it caaM to ha eallad, thara were thaaa
who nought interviews at othar tinaa,
claiming thay wara not at fault and
insisting that thay could not watt un
til tha next "pardon waak."
Governor Morrison finally abandon
ed tha idaa of Betting aaide one waak
a rtontk for hearing applications for
pardona. Ha retariwd to the practice
nf hearing applicanta whenever thay
ing practi
cally all thia time to them with tha ax
caption of that taken for on
al meeting of tha council of
Hardly a day paaaaa that the gov
ernor'* office at Raleigh la not oroll
filled with applicant* far clemancy,
either far their kin people or client*.
parole, have
in poraon.
Under tha tonaa of tha law author
izing the governor to appoint a par
that official will
have general supervision over all
cooe* until thay are ready for a final
decision, which moat be made by the
rovernor himaetf. He will be allow
a *mall expense account, in caae
he is called out of Raleigh to investi
gate caaea. All papers will be turn
ed over to him and he will gat all da
ta together and make hi* recommen
dation.
Tnere «h a movement on foot to
•tart • movement for * pardon
hoard which, under the terms of a
bill that waa introduced, would have
had final Jurisdiction over appeala
for clemency. However, the gover
nor decided to try oat the idea of
having a pardon commissioner for at
Hearing applications for pardon*,
pa rotes and lepiWsea has taken op
most of the time of governor* in re
cent year*. It waa with a view to re
lieving this situation that Governor
McLean recommended legislation. His
measure for the appointment of a
pardon commissioner went through
without debate, and he waa aaaured
that the general assembly would vote
to submit a constitutional amend
ment calling for the creation of a
pardon board. But he decided to try
the legislation already enacted until
the nest meeting of the general as
sembly, at least.
Coats One Ufa,
! Goldsbom, March 11,—The bark
ing of a dag coat Sam Barbeur, of
Clayton township, hi* life and reeuK
| rd in the shooting of Hyman Dodd, of
the same section. Barbeur and Dodd
drove up to the home of Dock Hill
Sunday night and Hill, who was un
der the influence of liquor, came out
to tonvwse with them. During the
conversation. Hilt's dog harked at the
other men and they kicked at It. HID
became incensed at thi* action and he
, went into the houae got a gun ai
. shot twice. The first hit Barbeur in
| the breast, the second struck Dodd in
M -■
•mnl hoan 1st
Washington, March ja.—Tha mmt-'
teation of Chwlaa 1. Wmrrm to to
IWtto tha mentto nor Mr.
Warran mada amy aftammt. farm
tmry flandara mM Mr. CooHdca had
Um situation "on(tor adrlaianaHt" and
ganator Portia, of Kanaaa, (ha rapnb
I Iran laariar, who, with Araator Botbr
of Maaaai himtta. carriad word of tto
aanata action to tha whlta houaa, 4a
— i —— — -J |La ft-, — i | — * — 1-M _
CIITVQ Hi® rrMlQWii WOUIO VVilRV
known Ma poaltinw tomorrow.
Naitbar would intimata whathar
then indication* pointed to • rtfoitl
by Mr. Warran to aacapt a raraaa ap»
pointmant or whathar Mr. Coolidga
of a nrw nomination tumnrrnw or at
ioaa later data.
0»paattiaa ta Fight
Maanwhila tha aanato la bald in
apacial aaaaion. Laadara of tha uppo
aition to Mr. Warran darlarad It
would ha ao bald for aoma time nnlaaa
Mr. Coolidgr aubmittad another nana.
Until tha aanata adjourn a, a raraaa
appointment cannot ha mada.
Tha rota cama aftar four hour* of
nary dabata bafora rrowda that Jam
mad tha gallariaa and extended in Ion*
lines tbrooch tha corridora. Preeen
tation of tha caaa of Mr. Warran and
of tha Praaidant raatad largely with
republicans of tha judiciary rommit
taa, two of whom made thair maldaa
aanata apaarhaa In tha flfkt Tha
laadan of tha old guard of othar daya
ramainad ailent hi thair placaa.
A Ithourh tha only qoaation in
doubt waa tha aisa of tha majority
by which tha nomination would to ra
factad. tha calling of tha roll waa foi
lowad with arm a mora aagar Inten
aity than waa manifaat laat Tuaaday
whan it flrat waa tumad down h«ra—
of tha inability of We Praaidant
Da waa to raach tha chamber in tiaaa
to braak tha tia.
Dmm PtmMn
The vie* president was fat the chair
every minute of the waa ion today and
had hi* firet real experience in at
tempting to fore* senate mica aiainit
'Vmon»tr»tion». which came frequent
ly from the gallery a* quips and jibes
war* hurled across the chamber by
senator*.
The hoata on both sides had ham
marshalled, soma cowing from sick
bads and others having been summon
ed from great distances to cast their
votes in the history-making struggle
between the white house and the
senate.
This was on* of the few tinea in
recant history that all the senators
pnimt answered when thfir murm
firat ware called. As the roll started,
Senator Snoot, republican, Utah, who
collapsed in the senate last week,
cane in slowly and took his saat. A
minute or two later. Senator La Toi
lette, of Wlaeonsin, recognised tent
er of the inaurgenta. who had been
called fron Florida, entered the
chamber and took his seat In a front
row directly before Mr. Dawes.
Nobody Waste Job of North
Carolina Exscwltoaer
Raleigh. March 14.—One state job
created vacant because nobody
wants it There has not beea a tin
gle application filed for the place of
executioner at the state's prison.
Superintendent Pen stated today.
"Although the Job la there, con
tinued Mr. Poo< "there waa no law
passsd to make anybody take it. Be
gins to look as If the jriace will go
begging"
The newly appointed state priaen
board will neat Monday for the pur
poee of naning a superintendent, a
chief clerk aad a naiden for »he pres
ent adninist ration. The costeai is
a* to tin platin new held by George i
Rum Poo. Hugh Lore and 8. J. Bus
be*. respectively. There haa beea no
•hip fmHwl Arthur Ml today ftr
Palaatina, can 7 lag 90$ ZtonlaU who
will attend the Mwtlw on April
1 at the flnt IMnw ualaaiaily la
Irruaalaau
The President Arthur, purrhaaai
from the United Ititw Hum by the
American Palaatina Una far tha aa
tahliahment at a steamship hi it—
to Palestine, wu delayed Mora thaa
two hour* in Mfltnf.
reaareea to hand la tha imwd. Ho b
jurtaa vara reported in tha jam, al
though aoma of tha (paetatora' cM>
in* waa torn.
Tha President Arthur floated both
i ha Stars and Stripes and tha flac of
7.ion, a white banner with blue trian
rlaa. Thia la aaid to be tha ftrat thaa
thia emblem baa been carried by any
•hip.
The canro included agricultural hn
plamanta and trwka which will ha
ised for farm derelopaunt hi Palea
dne.
Rabbi Stephen 8. Wlaa. hi a special
•errice, prayed thnt sorceaa attend
ha Toya«a.
Anion* the prominent passengers
■rare Philip Wattenberjf, builder and
president of the American Palaatina
line, and Edward Kaplan, rellgioua
•ditor of Tha Jewiah Daily Newa.
It waa aaid Mr. Wattenber* plana
(o build hundreds of homes fat Pal
estine for Java who latum there
from other count! las.
JUDGE B. F. LONG DEAD III
STATESVILLE
Statesville, March 14—Judge B f.'
Long, nrofniMd m on# of the ibhrt
juri(r*« on the Superior court bench
at North Csrolina, died »t hi* home
here this afternoon about t o'clock,
rieath resulting from a stroke of para
lysis which he raffered a few hours
before.
Being a raffered from high blood
pressure Judire Long had been resting
quietly for a few weeks at his hnis.
upon the advice of his physicians. He
ste breakfast this morning with his
family and was apparently as well
ts usual until about 10 o'clock.
Benjamin Franklin Long was ban
in Graham. Alamance county, March
19. IMS. being nearly 71 years of age.
He began the practice of law hi
1878, forming a partnership with
Mai. W. M. Bobbins, of Statesville.
He was elected solicitor af this ju
dicial district in IMS, serving with
listinctton in that capacity for eight
rears.
He becsme Superior coart jadgs
January 1, 1908. aad was for 22 years
sn the beach, serving la ever ssttlsa
rf North Carolina. He has shswa
1i 'sm I. a If »a ka & iHplat m k(«k
nanvfii to u® v jiinii ox • oijj vi •
Judge Lang was pre-eminent as a
rial judge, the peer of any lawyer or
turist of his time in this state, la
lis 22 years on the beach he bore
:he distinctioa of aot having misaad
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Liouwr Caclia Vslasd at 930,
000 bi Craew
Charleston, 3. C. March 11-—
Stocked with choice Ulnars, with a
maed on current bootleg ptkee a
tub runners cache was diecovered h