DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVII
Connor’s Equalization
Bill Offered; Divorce
LawWouldßeChanged
Connor Bill Carries State
Fund to Be Used to
Equalize Support of the
State’s Schools.
MINISTERS FAVOR
LAW ON DIVORCES
Was Offered “by Request”
and Deals With Marriage
as Well as Divorce.—
Week-End Recess.
State Capitol, Raleigh Feb. B. —UP)
—Recommendations for tightening
marriage and divorce laws, formulat
ed at the recent meeting* of ministers
in Hifch Po ! nt, were presented in the j
House of Representative today by
Representative Smith-, of Rockingham
County.
The day also was featured by the !
introduction in the House of the Con-!
nor school equalisation fund distri- j
bution hill, and in the Senate by the!
presentation of bills des'gned to ob-1
tain improvement in municipal gov- j
eminent. They were based on recom
mendations adopted at the meeting of
the state municipal association here.
The bills were introduced by Senator
Broughton, of Wake County.
The Senate introduced fourteen
bills and passed five. The Bouse rat
ified eighteen bills, introduced nine,
and passed seventeen.
The House adjourned until eight
o’clock Monday night, and the Sen
ate until half an hour later. Next
week’s calendars for both branches j
are packed.
The Smith marriage And divorce
bills were; contained in five separate
measures, and were presented “by re
quest.” * ' -
They would have applicants for
marriage licenses fill out a detailed in
formation’ blank, furnished at a cost
of SO cents. On the back of the
blank would be the complete
marrage and divorce laws. The cost
of the blank would be applied to the
cost of the license when secured.
Among other things the b ! Us pro
vide for publication of marriage bans
at least seven days prior to applica
tions for licenses. This, however. .
would not tapply to applicants residing
The general equalising bill Intro
duced by Representative Connor in
the house, carrieo appropriation Os
$2,500,000 out of the general funds
of tlie state for the purpose of equal
ising the support of the schools in the
stnte.
The bill carries the appropriation
which is now before the appropria
tions committee. The plan for dis
tribution of this fund is the one which
Stafe Superintendent A. T. Allen ex
plained to thq appropriations commit
tee last Friday. The main features'
of the plan are :
For this'first year of the biennium.
That the same amount allocated to
the 76 counties now partiel|iating in <
the fund be allocated so that these
counties are Insured of getting at least
as much mouey ns they secured last
year. This will take $1,500,000 of
the fund.
Os the remaining million dollars, the
bill would set aside $200,000 as an aid
to transportation, and $200,000 a* a
stimulating fund to encourage counties
to adopt a county-wide eight months
term. The remaining SOOO,OOO would
be distributed by a commission which
will take into consideration the need*
of the different counties and their abil
ity to support schools for six months.
For tbe second year of the bien
nium. the bill would provide the ap
pointment of a commission of three
to be connected with the department
of revenue to equalise values as be
tween the different counties.
Mb* Harriet Rankin, 76, Dies at
Mooresvilte.
Mooresville, Feb. 4.—Miss Har
riet Rankin, aged 76 years, died at
her home in Mooresville Tuesday af
ternoon, February 1, at 5 o’clock.
She had a stroke of paralysis Thurs
day afternoon from which she never
rallied.
Surviving her are her sister. Miss
Emma Rankin; her nephew by mar
riage, T N. Hall, and two grand
nieces whom they reared. Mrs. H. C.
McLmigtilin, of Raeford, and Mrs.
M. L. Trotter, of Roanoke, Va.
Robbers Most’ Serve 66 Years.
Quincy, 111, Feb. s.—(*>—Carl,
Earl and Bende Shelton, Williamson
county gangsters, convicted yesterday
of robbing the mails of $16,000 at
Collinsville a year ago, today were
sentenced to 25 years in Leavenworth
prison by Judge Louis Fltshenry. A
motion for a new trial was denied.
The royal road to success would
have more travelers if so many
weren’t lost trying to find short
cuts.
Evangelistic
Meetings
February 6th to «Kh
With
Rev. G. H. Preaching
Mr. N. J. Miles, Musical Director
EVERY EVENING AT 7:80
. Big Cborqs—Good Mqsie—Hearty
Welcome
FIRST METHODISE PROT
ESTANT CHURCH
Aim and Moore Streets
The Concord Daily Tribune
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! MAYOR. POLICB-.CHIEF AND
OTHERHARE FOUND GUILTY
Federal Court Jury Finds Them Gull
ty of Conspiracy to Violate Prohi
bition Law,
New York. Feb. s.—(A*)—The may
| or of u New Jersey town, hi* chief of
police, and two of the town’s detec
tives, today faced penitentiary sen
' cos for their part in the $2,000,000
; rum running conspiracy of the steam
er Kker.
Fourteen persons, including Mayor
Henry Wissel, of Edgewater, last,
night were found guilty by a federal
court jury of conspiracy to facilitate'
tlie concealment and transportation
| of liquor.
Wissel, his chief of police, and de
tectives who were charged with ac
cepting $43,000 in bribes to insure
the landing of tlie liquor in Edge
water, will be sentenced Wednesday.
! The maximum penalty is two years in
i the Atlanta penitentiary and a $lO.-
j 000 fine. The other convicted eon
| spirntors. were sentenced last night,
j the heaviest punishment given any one
. being a year and a day at Atlanta.
I Four others who had pleaded guilty
likewise face maximum penalties of
two years and SIO,OOO fines.
Edgewater lies across the Hudson
from upper Manhattan. Last April
the steamship Eker was- seized in the
Hudson off Yonkers. New York, and
a memorandum book said to contain
the names of Edgewater officials was
found on board. Investigation re
vealed that $43,000 in bribes had been
paid to them.
ANOTHER GIRL BANK
ROBBER FOR THE COURTS?
Banker In Vermilion, S. D., Says Co-
Ed Tried to Drill Into Vault of
Bank There.
Sioux City, lowa, Feb. s.—(A>)—A
dispatch to the Journal from Ver
mitioq, S. Dak., says that Marion
Meyers, a University of South Da
kota co-ed, was arrested today for an
alleged attempt -to rob the First Na
tional Bank of Vermilion. P. M.
Hayster, tbe cashier, said tbe girl
had an electric drill set and ready to
begin operations when she was fright
ened away.
Tbe Verml.ion night watchman" en
tttred the bank early today to start
tbe furuaee, and (Jt is believed bio eu
■frJWrtr frightened the pretty oiirfciui
before she could drill tats* the vault.
She had climbed in through a rear
window. ~
Several days ago an electric drill
outfit with a number of bits was stolen
from u! tarage here and they consti
tuted tile outfit used in the burglary
attempt. In making her escape the
girl left a man’s hat with her uame
in it. Miss Meyers, who is about
twenty years old, is from Valley City.
N. Dak., according to the University’s
student directory, and is a member of
the class which will be graduated iu
1930.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at. an Advance of 2 to
to 5 Points.—May Goes Up to 14.04.
New York, Feb. 5.—(A s )—The cot
ton market opened steady today at an
advance of 2 to 5 points on 1 a continu
ation of yesterday's buying movement.
There was some southern selling and
realizing, - but demand continued ac
tive and by the end of the first hour
active months were 11 to IS points
net higher, May selling to 1404 and
October to 14.45, or into new high
ground for tbe movement. . '
Much of the buying was attributed
to covering by shorts who still seemed
to be influenced by the prospects of
farm relief legislation.
There was also fresh commission
house buying and a moderate trade de
mand.
Private cables reported trade call
ing and covering in Liverpool and ac
tive business in cotton piece goods
with India.
Futures opened: March 13.73; May
13.96; July 14.18; Oct. 14.37; Dec.
14.52.
Closed Steady.
New York, Feb. s.—(A*)—Cotton
futures closed steady: March 13.84;
May 14.08; July 14.-.26; October
14.48; December 14.65, .
Youth Inherits $35,000.
(By International News Service)
Atlanta,'Ga,, Feb. s.—Although hie
has inherited a fortune of $35,000
from ■ the estate of his uncle, Wilson
B. Clegg, of Jacksonville, Fla., Wood
son C. Mitcham, a sl2-a-week usher
'a local theater, didn’t even take a holi
day.
Mitcham plans to buy “mother and
dad a home”. That ought to be plans
enough for a 20-year old boy on the
first day after inheriting more money
than he could make ushering at his
present salary. He experts to keep
right on working on (lie old job and
go to school in the morning.
Another Revolt in Portugal.
Lisbon, Portugal, Feb. 5. —CA9—Se-
rious- fighting between government
troops and revolutionaries is under
way at Oporto, principal city of
northern Portugal, where a J-evolt
broke out in tbe garrison Thursday.
There have been numerous casualties,
dispatches say.
Alarmed Oyer White Deer.
London, Feb. #.—Jlesldent* of Ex
moor are alarmed at the rumor that
a pure white stag, with immense white
antlers. Is roaming the moor. The
district teems with superstition, and
the people regard the presence of the
white stag as the forerunner of some
terrible tragedy.
, THE SHOP WINDOW!
— RsJvrinter) from, the Atlanta utitution of December 1T IDS
WOULD SAVE SHANGHAI
FROM WARING FACTIONS
United States Proposes That Shanghai
International Settlement Be Ex
empted From War Theatre.
Washington, Feb, s.—o6*)—Exemp
tion of the Shanghai international
settlement from the theatre of hostil
ities in the Chinese civil war bps been
authorities, by tlie Yaited StirtW., •
The State department refused today
to disclose details of tlie project which
it has formulated for protection of
American and other foreign nationals
in Shanghai.
The proposal is not for “neutraliza
tion” of the Shanghai area, it was
said, but merely for the "exemption”
of that area from hostilities between
the two Cantonese factions. Officials
decline to throw any further light on
this diplomatic distinction. '
The proposal was sent to American
Minister Mac Murray for transmission
to the northern and southern war
lords. No word . has been received
from him.
WAGE INCREASE GIVEN
TO SOME RAIL WORKERS
Firemen and Engineers on 59 Roods
Get 7 1-4 Per Cent. Wage Increase
in Agreement.
New York, Feb. S.—UP)—A 7 1-2
wage increase was granted today to
31,000 firemen and engineers on 59
railroads in the East, when the train
men and operators settled their de
mands before 'Wallace W. Hanger,
member of the U. S. Board of Media
tion.
The original demands of the em
ployees was for an increase of SI.OO a
day and up, involving $13,000,000.’
The agreement reached today will in
volve an outlay of $5,000,000, or SB,-
000,000 short of what was asked.
With Our Advertisers.
A big shipment of new spring foot
wear at the G. A. Moser Stoe Store.
Big values too.
Evangelistic meetings will be held
at the First Methodist Protestant
Church from February Cth to 20th,
every evening at 7:30 o’clock. N. J.
Miles will be musical director.
New spring millinery at Fisher’s.
Price* from $2.95 -to $11.95. Tbe
smartest always at Fisher’s.
Wrenn, the Kannapolis dry clean
er. prides himself -on the quality Os
his work and the speed of his deliv
ery.
Monday is the last day of the big
Clearance Sale at the Parks-Belk Co.
Each department in this store is still
running over with bargains. Monday
afternoon 12 1-2 bleaching, only 5
cents a yard. Limit, 10 yards to a
customer.
Spring fashions that go hand in
hand with fashions at Robinson’s.
Millinery, dress goods, coats.
Lr'T'l
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MONDAY-TUESDAY
The Concord
No Advance in Price
CONCORD, N .C„ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1927
GREAT BRITAIN IDT
TDCHANGEPOLICY;;
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For the Present at Least,
.More Soldiers Will Be
Landed in Shanghai to
Protect British Subjects.
CHINESE PREPARE
FOR BIG BATTLE
Waring Factions Continue
Plans for Battle Which
May Decide the Fate of
the Republic. N
London, Feb. s.—OP)—Great Brit
ain has no intention, for the present
at least, of retreating from its deri
sion to land an adequate force of
troops at Shanghai to defend British
nationals in case of outbreaks against
foreigners. if* l * B was indicated after
engthy deliberations by tlie cabinet
ministers.
As thought to emphasize the gov
ernment’s determination to be pre
pared for eventualities at Shanghai,
the foreign office denied that a pro
posal had been made to Eugene Chen,
tlie Cantonese foreign minister, to di
vert to Hong Kong the transports now
eouvering on Shanghai. Such an of
fer was reported to have been sent
to Chen in answer to his stand that
he would sign no agreement unless
the British withdrew their Shanghai
defense force.
Ready for Big Battle.
Shanghai, Feb. {j,—(F)—Northern
and southern Chinese forces today
were reported continuing, the first
phase of an engagement which may
determine tlie fate of the Far Eastern
republic.
No further word has been received
from the front at Yenchow where
Marshal Sun is defending this city
against the advancing Cantonese.
Sun’s array yesterday sent 500 of its
wounded back to hospitals' at Hung
Chow and Hashing.
This was the first evidence that lire
and blood had- been drawn between
the northern and southern armies in
the fight for control of Shanghai and
the Yangtze Valley.
Human Skull* Found in Guilford
Yard.
, Greensboro, Feb.. 4.—A posse of
Guilford county officers spent some
time on Thursday in search four
miles north of the city for the hu
man body which is known to be in
t'he section because on Wednesday
afternoon tbe skull of an adult was
found in the yard of E. W. Faugh,
whore two puppies had dragged it
and was gnawing It when attention
of Pugh was called to it.
Youngest College Student.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. s.—The dis
tinction of being the youngest college
student body president in the world
was c’aimed for James T. Jackson.
17, of Ashford, Ala., a liberal arts
senior.'
C.assmates at Howard College, Bap
tist denominational institution, have
broken a precedent and elected the
youngster as head of the campus gov
ernment.
PATHETIC SCENES OF
THE MEMPHIS FLOOD
Thousands Are Driven From Their
Homes.'—Millions of Property Dam
age*
Memphis, Tenn. Feb. 5. — (INiS)—
liehipd the pathetic scenes of the
Hood which fort the past several flays
! lias driven thousands from their homes
And caused millions of doflgrjt dam
age. lies a humerous storyf
Rescue workers who braved the
horrors of the rlishing currents, work
ed- day and night, saving marooned
persons carrying hundreds to safety,
can tell it best.
“In one day, we found seven stills
floating on the water,”, said a youth.
“The Woods everywhere seemed to be
full of them. Here and there would
be, seen pieces of coils and boilers
..used for making liquor."
The price of liquor in Memphis
lias already gone up due to the flood.
Moonshiners on the river islands anil
the lowlands of Arkansas have been
driven from tjieir liquor manufactur
ing plants and their stills vvnshed
away by tlie hundred.
Another amusing thing about the
floods, the rescue workers said, was
the reptiles. Hundreds of snakes,
a'wakened from their winter slumber
by tlie rising waters, were driven to
railroad beds and hills for safety.
One man was rescued from a tiny
hill where lie had been for two days,
having killed over 100 snakes. He
had been ufraid to. sleep for the
snakes, lie said.
Rabbits, driven to the highlands,
were eaten by snakes and killed by
huntersb y the hundreds. Row boats
were used to slaughter rabbits.
Possums were found in treetops,
starving to death, Coons were also
found unable to obtain food and ma
rooned in treetops.
; House dogs were found in many
places floating on chairs and olgs.
Cats were found clinging to broom
sticks.
Conductor: “How old are you,
little girl ?”
SUNDAY
Assembly Hall
Concord Hotel
Last Vwo Meetings
Fraser Revival
(Move from Court House to ac
commodate crowds tomorrow)
3 P. M.: ‘‘IS CONCORD
GUILTY OF SIMONY?”
7:45: “MY LIFE STORY”
(An evangelistic epic, full
of thrills)
Tonight 7:45: “WHAT IS
FAITH?”
("At Court House)
COLORED FOLKS’
MEETING
MONDAY NIGHT AT
COURT HOUSE
(All colored people in city cor
dially iflvited. Special Singing)
Sick will be prayed for tonight,
tomorrow, and Monday)
HEARING ON SMOKY
MOUNTAIN PARK
BILL FEBRUY 9
Sentiment in House and
Senate is Conceded to Be
Favorable Toward Pas
sage of the Bill.
APPROPRIATION
OF $2,000,000
!The Real Contest Will Be
to Get the Bill Through
the Joint Appropriations
Committee.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Feb. s.—With sentiment
in the house and senate conceded to
be generally favorable toward the pas
sage of the Smoky Mountains Nation
al park bill, carrying with it an ap
propriation •'of $2,000,000 to be ex
l*ended in acquiring at least 75,000
acres of land in tlie park area, North
Carolina’s share of the total of 150,-
000 acres that must be provided, the
real contest will be to get the bill
through the joint appropriations com
mittees.
Realizing that this is the case, those
backing the park bill are centering
their efforts at present on convincing
(lie members of these committees that
the park is essential to the future
development of the state, and that
this appropriation of $2,000,000 is but
a drop in the bucket as compared with
what will be returned to the state
through the establishment of the park.
This appropriation is not a gift or
donation by the state to the Govern
ment, ns some attempt to point out,
but in reality is blit an initial in
vestment —a pledge of faith on the part
of the state that the state and its
people are interested in having the
Government take over the park.
Perhaps the strongest argument be
ing used in support of the park bill
is the economic argument—a dollars
and cents argument. For aside from
the fact that this spledid area of vir
gin forest and primeval mountains
should be preserved to posterity as
one of the few remaining examples of
nature's handiwork, and be forever
safeguarded from the destructive ou
wardv march of unimaginative indus
trialist?!, tw 'fact th'al thls'jmii wiff
bring into the state thousands of
touriqts annually who will leave be
hind them additional thousands of
dollars, is the most telling argument
to the average person.
Thus the statements of Arno T 5.
Cammerer, acting director of the
National Parks service, who was in
Raleigh this week, with regard to the
increased pulling power or national
parks on tourists, and of the steadily
increasing financial return to all
states in which national parks are
located as a result of this increasing
tourist traffic.
“In 1917, our record show that
approximately 300,000 people visited
the various National parks in the Un
ited States. And iu 1926 more than
3,000,000,000 people visited these
parks. This is but one example of
the increased tendency of the Ameri
can people to travel and ‘go some
where,’ and especially do these people
have a desire to get out of doors and
see the wonders of nature, since the
majority of the travelling public now
days come from cities, where there
is less and less opportunity to come in
contact with the country, and with
nature,” said Mr. Cammerer.
"European countries, who for years
have realized the tremendous income
received from the tourist crop, and
which have consistently cultivated tbe
crop, made up mostly of Americans,
have been quick to sense the value of
setting aside areas similar to our Na
tional parkß. And as the result of
the ideas gained from visiting out
parks, Switzerland, Belgium, Czeco-
Slavakia,. France and Italy have all
within the last few years set aside
National park areas to be used as
added attractions to draw tourists,
especially since the tide was begin
ning to turn in touriat travel in
Europe.
“And this tide is turning, as our
records in Washington show. People
in the United States are at last be
ginning to wake up to the fact that
there are far more wonderful things
to be seen in the United States than
,iu Europe aiid largely as a result of
the work of the Government in ad
vertising its National parks, and as
a result of the thousands of people
who have visited them, people are
getting a real desire to ‘see America
first.’
“Thus while for the past several
years, Americans have been spending
an average of $30,000 annually in
travelling in Europe, more and more
of this from now on is going to) be
spent by Americans travelling in the
United Stats. And as a result all the
states, and cities and towns in these
states that must 'be traversed by tour
ists iu reaching these parks, will be
benefitted. Take as one example the
city of Aberdeen, South Dakota—out
on the flat prairie, hundreds of miles
from the Yellowstone and Yosemite
parks, has profited as much from the
tourists travel as other cities much
nearer. An example might be multi
plied scores on scores.
“Thus it is seen that It is not
necessary to be near these parks to
benefit from the travel to and from
them. Seattle, for instance, Is now
vigorously agitating new roads to and
from tbe National parks hundreds ol
miles away, even up into Alaska, s«
that tourist travel may be facilitated,
and from which the entire territory
FIRES TAKE LIVES
OF FIVE PERSONS;
CHURCH DESTROY
■ i
Lieut. Andrew R. Holder-1
by, His Son and House i
Guest Perish in Fire atj
Quantico, Virginia.
TWO KILLED IN
FIRE IN TOLEDO I
An Explosion F>l ■ owing
This Fire in Toledo De-I
stroyed the First Congre
gational Church.
Washington, Fob. s.— o4*) —Three
|s>i-soiir lost their, lives Inst night in
a fire in a dwelling house at the
Marine Barracks at Quantico, Vir
ginia.
The dead are: Lieutenant Andrew
R. Holderby 111, of the Marine Corps,
In whose home the fire occurred; Miss
Eleanor Griffin, a house guest, whose
home is in Washington; and Clotilde
Holderby, 4 year old daughter of
Lieutennnt Holderby.
Another house guest. Miss Carolyn
Griffin, a sister of Eleanor Griffin,
was badly injured and taken to the
hospital at Quantico.
Lieutenant Holderby’s wife and an
I older daughter escaped without in
jury.
Lieutenant Holderby was born at
Richmond Virginia, June 28, 1895,
and was appointed 2nd lieutenant in
the Marine Corps Reserve in Jannary
1917, and the appointment was made
permanent in October of that year.
He served in the World War, and
with the Marine establishment in
Haiti.
His father, A. R. Holderby, lives
at Buffalo Lithia Springs, Virginia.
Two Killed at Toledo.
Toledo Ohio, Feb. s—OP)—Two
persons were kiled and a third seri
ously injured today in an explosion
and tire that destroyed the First Con
gregational Church and adjacent par
ish pro)>erty.
The dead are: Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
E. Wilt. Mrs.-, Wilt was caretaker
at the church. Mrs. Mary Fit sera Id,
assistant caretaker was taken to a
hospital. .
The cause of the explosion has not
been definitely determined. Firemen
'expressed the belief that -it aught
hare resulted from escaping gas In
a water heater, but Charhsi H. Lang
! don, architect of the building, declar
ed the blast may have resulted from
a bomb. He said he did not believe
gas was escaping.
2,000 Tons of Sugar Dumped in Sea.
Norfolk, Va„ Feb. s.—Two thou
sand tons of sugar were dumped into
tlie sea the other day in order to float
the Jiigo-Slavian steamer Isabran off
the Diamond Shoals, where she had
been stranded.
Tiie vessel was loaded with 7,000
tons of sugar and was bound for New
York from Cuba. She is being towed
to Norfolk.
intervening would benefit.
“If this is the case in the west,
where the tourists- season is but a
few months in length, how much more
would it be true in North Carolina
with the Smoky Mountains National
park a reality? This will be the only
national park but one—a small park,
off the coast of Maine—east of the
Mississippi river, and within 24 hours
of a population of 90,000,000 people
—immediately accessible to the centers
of greatest apopulatiuu 10 Smoky
Mountains park area is :al miles
nearer to the Atlantic co..st —to New
Bern and Wilmington and even Nor
folk—than it is to the Mississippi
river, and it will draw egually from
both directions. It is easily reached
from the main arteries of travel be
tween the north and Florida and the
Gulf coast. Thus can anyone doubt
the millions of dollars that' will be
expended by these people who already
are eager and waiting to flock to this
great park?"
And this expression from Mr. Cam
merer, who knows , more about Na
tional parks than any one else in the
United Stated, is Reflected by all those
from the north—all the members of
the Southern Appalachian Park Com
mission—who have visited this won
drous area in the Great Smokies
which the Government is asking for
permission to make into a National
park—if the states of North Carolina
and Tennessee will but provide a nuc
leus of 160,000 acres.
“If North Carolina fails to respond
to this great opportunity, it will in
deed have killed the goose that would
have laid many golden eggs,” one of
the members of the Washington party
remarked.
Whether or not the goose will be
killed, or allowed to live and lay these
golden eggs will be decided by the ap
propriations committees on Wednes
day, February 9, following the public
hearing on the park bill.
‘‘HAPPINESS!”
SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE
FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH
SERVICE STARTS 0:46 O'CLOCK
Mies Baumgaruer Is Expected to Sing
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THE TRIBUNE i]
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY!.
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FINAL ICTIOII i I
MISPIU BILLOT
BEIT WEEK
The Committee Has Eljgpr |
mated the Rather Severe
Limitations of Bill 9$
Absentee Voting.
MANY THINGS
IN FAVOR OF BQ£ |
No DoubtlTWould Re
dound to the Good M i
the Democratic Party
North Carolina. ! 1!f
The Tribune Bureau, ».
Sir Water Hotel, i*3
By J. C. BASKERVILL p i
Raleigh, Feb. s.—Out of the aglt
coven or more statewide measurM*** M
importance which will probably t£ re
ported to the general assembly ibjr J
final action during the coming week, |
the Falls-Broughton Australian j
bill is probably the most
both in the number of people inttjfifS*
ed in the measure and in the |ar
rondiing effects involved.
Although two rather important 5
changes have been made in the
eliminating the rattier severe linjltO-r
tiens on absentee voting, and pr/jjou
ing for additional markers at the polls
to assist the judges in marking ;jje
ballots of those too lliterate to do fiff/p
independently thus eliminating t fit
the most outstanding objections to 1M j
bill, there are still quite a number
feel that the bill is still inadeqmyjf.
Thus a still further fight is assured
when the bill reaches the floor or the
senate and house from committee—
and a favorable committee
seems assured.
There has been and still are cpjr- :
erful influences at work againßgJMjl
bill, probably the more noticeabljp;j|«& 1
cause of the apparent favorablej|J»» :f
tude towards it on the part of
majority of the members of the |«||:
eral assembly. Colouel A. D. Watts •
has been camping on the trail of th* 3
bill since its inception and otberg #f 1
the "old guard')' have been eomip’jfjo
his assitance.
Perhaps the most potent argunMMPH
used by the opposition to the Fall#* S
Broughton bill is that it would affej®' , -||
the system of voting in the primarfiMpM
and would "place a Republican «tnB4£H(N
judge in imsition to sit in jodgaMift ,
ami challenge Democratic votes," with
the voter having no recourse. Howev.
er, this is not the case, according to
Senator Bronghton.
“In the primary elections,—the bill
provides that where both parties par
ticipate mere shall be two ha Hots, OHS
for each party. But since in most
counties the Republicans do not par
ticipate in the primary election*, It
means that for the most past tfcetse
would be but one ballot. Nrffipr
does the bill provide for any ebgpjjf
in the present election machinery Os
system of voting in the primary elec
tions. In fact, the only thing which
the bill does is to provide for privadj
in voting and for the eliminate)# of
electioneering and tSje interferenee
with voters at the polls. And this
should' redound to the benefit! of tse J
dominant party," said Senator Btjoagh- «■
ton.
In reply to the objection that many
feel there is a possibility for opposing
factions in the same party, so use
the Australian ballot against each
other, Senator Broughton said that
under this bill t'lie danger,of this pine- -
tioe should be lessened instead,,of in
creased since it obviated the possibil
ity of coercion of spying on rotew,
the polls, both of which are practiced
under the present system. .l&sjfian
There is no doubt but that the
Australian bnllot would redound %
the benefit of the Democratic party iw
the state, even those who are opposed
to the bill admit, since experience fat
other states has shown that the MffV
that controls the election machipfrir
—that is the board of elections, WapS
in turn‘names the county c hditflten wd
he boards of'election which in turn
name the precinct judges—almost ifi
variab y eontro.s t’lie outcome of tM
e.eetion. They point to the recent
elections in Pennsylvania and Illinois
as outstanding examples of how .tfie {
elections were controlled by the Aus
tralian ballot, through the eontrqj of
the election machinery. Such frauds
as were perpetrated in thdlecthuf «C
Vare in Pennsylvania and Smith in
Illinois could not have been brought
about under the present election ldw ,
in North Carolina, and only with the 1
Australian ballot, they say.
On the otiier hand, the advocates of
this bill—including the majority of
the women of the state —say that .this
bill is so drawn and liberalised that \
all the good features of the present
election law have been maintained, and
that the secret voting element, togeth
er with the provision for an accurate
check on the number of ballots cast,
are about me only new feature*—the
principal features for which thk peo
ple of the state are asking. ,
the fight has just begun, and the battl*
Oldest Loud-Speaksr. , . Bj’ jf
Vienna, Feb. 6.—ln use three '
turies ago. a megaphone installed iSif
a fire alarm on a cathedral spinablfe.;,
Vienna, has now been adapted to wi£e»
less. It is thus the oldest loud- NflBH
er in the world. r
WEATHER FORECAST. -;
Partly cloudy tonight and SuhAlnH
warmer in interior tonight and
northeast portion Sunday.
southwest winds.