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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THEBEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1919
VOL. XXIII NO. 27
WORK OF LEGISLATURE
Happenings of Interest in General
Assembly Senate Kills
Audubon Bill.
Raleigh. The following are amonff
the features of general interest mark
ing a week's work of the, North Caro
u lina General Assembly.: ' -
The Senate. '- ll".
; Feb. 21; 'Senator, : Sisk:, member
Irbm Macon, put in a" bill to amend
materially the absentee election stat
ute, making it obligatory for Jfre reg
istrars to turn over; to, the county
boards of elections all ballots cast by
-absent electors. These are to.be kept
for six months and together, with the
registration books shall be open to
: Inspection to anyone desiring to do
so. 7 -.. .
Passage of ,bill providing for uni
form system of. recorders'-' courts'' for
I -cities .--of 5,000 population and over
and all counties of the State and
: defeat of Senator' Ferebee's proposed
State-wide stock law, featured a busy
session. of the Senate yesterday.
-' : The Housed
- Committee reports included favor
able action on the bill introduced by
-Mr. Matthews to divide the State into
. v five judicial circuits and restrict the
Tesident judge to ach district' in the
twelve months at a time. - The house
judiciary committee, "number one, re
ported .unfavorably the senate bill in
troduced by .Senator Price to set aside
- INovember 11 , as ar legal holiday, in
,: North Carolina. ' ' ' - - ;- '
Confirming : a forecast some time
ago, Representative Neal, of McDow
ell county, introduced a bill to abolish
the State-wide primary, act insofar as
.'It relates to State, 'Congressional ail.
District offices. The last class would
include judges ' solicitors'1 and - State
senators representing more than one
-county.
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The Senate. . ; " .
" Feb. 22. The Warren bill for the
election , of school boards by vote of J
.the people in the respective counties
jcame from the committee on educa
tion with unfavorable report and Sen
ator Warren procured, under Rule 51,
the placing of the bill on the calendar
so that the issue can be fought out on
the floor of the senate.
v -New bills were introduced as 'fol
lows: -
Adoption of the "conference com
imittee report of the committee on the
State-wide dog law.'- Senator Stevens
thought the .leaving of the question of
- Requiring tax tag and collar to. the dis
cretionof the county commissioners
Was undesirable "but considered this
the best : tha could be obtained at
this time. The conference report was
adopted. - - ' '. "'
iV -.The ! House. - .
The house passed on final reading
and ordered engrossed and sent tp the
senate Saturday the; revenue bill, an
- amendment being j accepted to" allow
Tjlind men and Confederate veterans
to sell pianos and organs without? a
license. v , - .
: y Bills passed:.
Extend the period . of compulsory
: -education in Charlotte. v ,
' ;r Amend the, law as to licensing em
: balmer. . : . :. - - ; :
-' Require all State; officers making
' collections of fees and -taxes to make
return to the State treasurer.
. ! The Senate." ;
Feb. 24. Senator Warren procured
the passage of. his bill for the popu
1 raeleoticncmf wyp.Eiqvf qcmf wyp ap
lar election of county, school boards
ly the people, through, the senate on
second reading, with the understand
ing that opposition to the -bill nd
to features- of the measure can be
fought out on the final, reading.
The senate cleared from - the calen.:
dar some, local bills and adjdurned.
: v- The House. . . - -
The x house, was convened at 3
O'clock by Speaker Brummitt. e .
bills were, introduced as follows:
Gold Amend "the " North Carolina
iien law. Amend the 1917 vital - sta
tistics law. -
" Cln the last hour of the i late ; after
- jioon session the house first amended
.the ,' Everett bill to regulate the con
ferring -of degrees by colleges '? and
then tabled the measure. : The amend
ment was by Williams, of Cabarrus,
to. cut out the i-endowment feature,
Williams making the plea that the bill
would create ' something of an aris-
. (Continued on page eight)
Congressman Weaver Unseated by
House Alter Bitter Debate.
Washington, March Follow
ing a day of heatedT debate and
many roll calls, at 11:30 o'clock to
night the house of representatives
unseated Representative Zebalon
Weaver, of the 10th North Caro
lina district and swore in James J.
Britt, of Asheville, as a Republi
can member of the 10th district.
Britt was actually seated by a
vote of 184 to 180 on the third roll
call adopting the minority resolu
tion from the elections committee.
The final vote, however, on the
sixth roll call, was in Britt's favor,
182 to 173 in that the, house "sus
tained an appeal of Minority Lea
der Mann against a ruling of Speak
er Clark. - ,
When Democrats sought for the
second time io get reconsideration
of the. resolutions which hai al
ready been voted on several times
through parliamentary maneuvers,
Speaker Clark overruled a point of
orde by Mann protesting against
reconsideration. -Mann appealed.
A motion to table the appeal was
lost by the: Democrats , and . then
Mann's appeal . was upheld.
This had the effect of adopting
the amended committee resolution
approved two hours before by a
vote of JL85 to 182.
- Mr. Britt took the oath of office
immediately. He will draw back
salary for two years, including
mileage and clerk hire.and .the ex
penses of his contest against Rep
resentative Weaver.
The votes and the entire struggle
in the house today were along par
tisan lines and constituted an un
usually spirited contest. For a
time it seemed the vote would be
delayed far beyond midnight be
causeof the repeated attempts of
the Democrats to bring about re
consideration of the earlier votes
which had been in Britt's favor
from the outset.
Representative Weaver will be
but of Congress three days. He
comes a member of the 66th Con
gress on March 4.
President Decides to Hold Railways
Washington, Feb. 28: Uncer
tainty oyer the status of the rail
roads in th& immediate future was
largelyremoved to day by Direc
tor General Hines's announcement,
after, conferring with President
Wilson, that the Government
would npt turn the roads back to
private management until Congress
had more opportunity to consider
a permanent programme of legis
lation r : . ' j ' - ,.
' This was generally interpreted
as meaning that the railroads would
be under Government management
for a( least another year, and prob
ably longer. If a special- session
of Congress is called early in the
summer, railroad "legislation might
be taken up, .but most officials be-,
lieve this could not -s be completed
within four Or .five months. If
there is no special session , Congress
could not start on legislation much
within a year.
: Cash subscriptions to the Armenian-Syrian
relief fund amount
to about $550, according to reports
made to Mr. R. F. Burton, treas
urer. ; Many "townships have not
reported yet, ; however, and an
earnest effort is being made tb 'se
cure the entire allotment for Mc
Dowell $1400. r
NEWS FROM THE COUNTY
Brief Mention of Some of the Hap
penings in McDowell County
Items About Home People.-
GREENLEE
Greenlee,' March 2. Edgar McCall of
Asheville spent a part of last week here
with his brothers. - -
Miss Margaret Dobson epen$ Saturday
and Sunday with homefolks here.
We are gla to see Mason Led better
out again after being ill with the fla
for some time. '
A. K. Allison was called to Greenlee
today by the illness of his wife.
Misses Mary and Rebecca Greenlee,
of Nebo High School, spent the week
end with homefolks here.
W. J. Snipes is recovering from an
illness of several weeks.
A. B. Wright was a visitor "here the
latter part of the week.
Ben Stacy, Watson Wilson and Ralph
Tate of Nebo were visitors here Sunday.
Mr and Mrs. J. -T. Towe and two
children are visiting relatives in Florida.
Woodfin McCurry was a visitor here
last week.
- We welcome the return of Erwin
Mason from camp and Charles Cuth
bertson, who has been in France.
Miss Mabel Tate has returned to her
school in the eastern part of the state
after a visit to her parents.
WOODLAWN
Woodlawn, March 8. March came in
like a lion at Woodlawn, so let us hope
for the exit of a lamb.
Harve Haskins and family are very
ill with influenza.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Forgie of Ache
ville are visiting Mrs Will Bristol. "
Horace Flin is quite sick with pneu
monia. ' J: B Adamr is agmirr at-Sevier- tier su
perintend the reopening of the band
inilL
M. L Good has resumed the opera
tion of his saw mill which has been shut
down for several weeks.
Robert Brinkley is home from a busi
ness trip.
March flowers are blooming and tbe
robins have come, so the farmers are
preparing for spring work.
NEBO
Nebo, -March 4. Hon. J. F. Spain
hour of Morganton will deliver an ad
dress to men and boys at the Baptist
church next Sunday, March 9. All men
and boys invited.
Notwithstanding the rain last Friday
night, there, was a good audience out to
witness the "Lovers of All Ages" given
by the N. H N. Society. This was pro
nounced the best program the society
.has given this year.
Mrs. Claud Laughridge of Bostic
spent the week-end with her sister.
Miss Louise Brown.
Mies Mary Greenlee and sister spent
the week-end at. Greenlee.
Miss Hattie Haney, who went home
last week on account of sickness in her
home, returned to school Monday.
GLENWOOD SCHOOL.
Nealsville,. March 4. The teachers
meeting here last Saturday was very
well attended.
. The Literary Society will give a de
bate Thursday afternoon.
The box supper here Saturday even
ing was very much enjoyed by both
yoang and old. A sum of about eighty
dollars was realized.
We expect to start a series of ball
games very soon.
Supt. N. F. Steppe visited the school
last week.
Deficiency Bill Fails to Pass.
. Washington, March 4. -Congress
adjoumedVat noon today in
the midst of the republican 61i
buster in the senate that killed a
long list of important measures,
including the one appropriating
$750,000,000 for the railroad ad
ministration, without which some
administration leaders say the rail
roads tnust return, to their .owners
before the middle of April. -
Board of Education Meets Orders
Special Tax Election,
County Board of Education met
in special session on Monday for
the purpose of considering several
petitions and requests, one of which
was the consolidation of consider
able territory in upper Crooked
Creek township into a special school
district and calling an election for
the purpose of voting special tax
in the district. A number of Interested-
citizens from this com
munity were on hand to urge that
the botfrd lose no time in going
forward in the matter. The dis
trict known as Jackson's Creek,
the major part of New Hope and a
part of old Uelfont district were
incorporated into a district desig
nated as district No. 1 A special
tax election was ordered, that the
voters may express their wishes as
to whether they shall pa? addition
al tax to supplement the State and
county funds in the new district.
Garland Noblitt was appointed as
registrar and J. T. Davis and J. P.
Walker, judges.
Considerable interest is being
taken by the people of the com
munity and it is expected that the
proposition will carry' by a good
majority.
The board decided to go forward
with the construction of certain
school buildings as soon as possible.
Glenwood High School building
will yery probably be begun iti a
short time, that the . new building
miy be in readiuess for the fall
opening. Tne new building at
Nebo will be erected as soon as
possible. There is already in course
of construction the building at
Cross Mill, which will probably be
finished within sixty days.
The Board of E location has been
given additional room in the court
house. Tho room occuoied by the
late R. L. C. Gibson, Auditor, has
been thoroughly renovated and
furnished, adjoining the old oCce
of the Board of Education. The
two rooms connect and will great
ly facilitate the carrying on of tbe
County's educational business.
Road Commissioners Appointed.
' The county commissioners at
their regular meeting last Monday
appointed road cummissiners for
four townships as follows:
Dysartsville: A. L. Cowan, R.
F. Sisk and J. D. Patton.
Crooked Creek: T. W. Noblitt,
I. L. Pyatt and J. W. Ross.
Broad River: . It M. Elliott, T.
B. Ledbetter and U. J. Searcy.
Old Fort: P. II. Mashborn, F.
M. Bradley and J. B. Johnson.
S. F. Moody, bridge contractor,
was instructed to build ' a steel
bridge across Jarrett's creek, in
Old Fort township.
. The 'commissioners authorized
that Ed. Bowman, keeper of the
county home, buy a sufficient
amount of grass and clover seed to
sow four acres of land at tne coun
ty home. The board also ordered
that some repairs be made on the
buildings at the county home.
Othr matters transacted during
the session were of a routine na
ture. Failure of congress before final
adjournment to take any action on
pending bills providiog for repeal
of the daylight saving act made
certain that the nation's clocks
again would be advanced an hour
during tho period between tho last
Sunday in March and tho lastSun
day in October.
STATE NEWS OFTHE WEEK
Items Concerning Events cf In
terest and Importance Thrcuch
out the State.
March 24-23 will be Spring c!ea
up week for North Carolina, de
signated by the State
commissioner.
According to a statement of Sen
ator Lee S. Overman, he will con
duct an investigation as rerds
tho manufacture of graphite, in
Western North Carolina and lb
effect of imported graphite upon
the market.
Early Thursday morning, at Le
noir, a $30,000 fire occurred, de
stroying the finishing and packing
building and the oSce of the Le
noir Chair Manufacturing Com
pany. Fifteen cars of chairs and
$3,000 worth of leather were en
tirely destroyed.
According to a statement given
out by the treasury department.
North Carolina bis invested $21,
0S5.3S3 in war savings stamps la
the year 1918. Ia the month of
December the sales amounted to
$3,095,239.72. North Circlinas
percapita tercentsge was for
the year.
Wilson's Burke county liquor
law has gone into effect and during
the last few dajs three illegal bLxk
aders have been jailed Ucderthis
law the expense of beinr cuht
and tried comes from the moon
shiner instead of the government.
The moonshiner has to pay a fee
50 to the officer, which is a crett
inducement to the officers.
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An Act to Regulate Motor Vehicles.
An act of the legislature to reg
ulate motor vehicles and pnt!;c
service cars in Marion becomes ef
fective March 20. The tct .pro
vides that it shill be unlawful for
any person or persons, ccrtoraiica
or firm to operate a motor vehicle
of any descriptioD within' the cor
porate limits of Marion, or within
a zone around the town extending
three miles in each direction from
the coporate limits, without first
having obtained a license aschinf
fer from the mayor of the town;
that do licence shall be issued to
any person who is cot of good"
character; and before license are
issued the applicant must satisfy
the mayor that he, or she, under
stands the mechanism of such mo
tor vehicle and shall demonstrate
ability to operate such vehicle in a
safe and scientific manner. A fca
of two dollars will be collected for
the issuance of such license.
The act further protides that
license must be obtained from the
mayor or secretary to operate any
motor vehicle, car or truck for
hire or transportation of psscn
gers or freight within the above
named limits, the annual license
charge being $25 for each vehicle,
with a fee of one dollar fcr issu
ance of' license. A schedule cf
fees which are proposed to be
charged for transportation must
also be filed bv applicant fcr sp
Droval by tho board "of aldermen.
For violation of cither of vhs
above provisions mentioned ths
penalty is twenty dollars fcr ths
first offense; forty dollars fcr tha
second offense, with forfeit and
surrender of licensee.
The act ia full will probably bs
published next week-
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