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EDUCATION BILL'
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They are now complaining at the i
Speaker of House. Fact is, Major
Jurphy appeared to have stacked the
ommittee with "dry's." : He put on
lie Pages, the Grants, the preacher
ooking and preacher-people when he
:ouId find them and left off the Stubbs,
ie Rays and others who had records
is anti-drys. Result of it is the driest
:ommittee made the wettest impres
sion possible.
Page did not want to go Into execu
tive session. He just upped and mov
?d "that we report this bill unfavor
ibhV'He called it a ftJOTbill later and
perhaps would have told what sort
of fool bill he regarded it had he not
been a eading Methodist. Not only is
Page against the bill, but another very
eloquent church member, Grant, of
N'ew Hanover, is unconverted on it
and voted against it. Worse still, Har
ry Grier. author of the driest law yet
Put on the books, is fighting it and it
Jasn't an apparent chance. Had the
rail committee of 28 beerrpresent Wed
nesday the vote would have been. 17
to 11.
Prohibitionists yesterday declared
aat they will present the thing regu
any on minority report even if it does
take two-third majority to resurrect it.
'ney will try their hand on the floor
and failing there will -demand a ruff
M random by the State at large. In
wen the recalcitrant Drys will not
jn. They are not willing to subject
ae past legislation to the danger of
" Plebiscite.
Speaker Murphy convened the
im!lSeJ.thlR raorning at 11 o'clock and
mmpfhatPly ordered the lobbies
on account of the gathering
of an
unusually large and more or
less
noisy crowd which had gathered
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ADDRESS CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT,
in expectation of hearing the argu
ment as the educational bills that
were a special order for the day.
There was. a flood' of petitions for
Anti-Saloon League legislation and a
special petition from Burke county
for the abolition of the crop lien sys
tem. In the absence of Reading Clerk
Dillinger, these duties were perform
ed by Representative Grantham, of
Harnett. New bills were introduced
as follows: j
McLendon Change the boundary
between Durham and Chatham coun
ties. Love Amend the lav regulating
the salaries of the Lincoln county
officers.' " ,
Thorne Relief for Former Sheriff
Lowery, of Anson county. Amend a
special act as to Ex-Treasurer Marsh,
of Anson.
Brothers Amend the law as to the
treasurer's office in Lenoir.
Bailey Allow an issue of $100,000
bonds in Wilson and to bold an elec
tion. Seott of Pender Amend the pri
mary law relative to Pender county.
Breece Amend the law of 1905 rel
ative to the sale of cotton seed.
Rogers Prevent setting up traps
in Clay county.
Flack Amend the act of 1911, di
viding the State into congressional
districts. "
Witherow Repeal an act to en
large the powers of the mayor of
Rutherfordton.
Pruitt Tax dogs in Gaston and
make them subjects of larceny.
Galloway Provide for increase of
fees of township constables.
Kittrell Provide for the assurance
and registration of land titles.
Pharr Amend section 1097, Revi
salj and sub-section 2, relating to pro
tection of railroad crossings.
King Require road districts to
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publish and file itemized statements.
Grant Provide for the inspection
of gasoline and other fluids for heat
ing purposes.
Speaker Murphy laid before the
House the. special order for the-day,
the Page and the Oates bills, under
unfavorable report, providing for
i county election of boarus of educa
tion. On motion, the Oates bill was
displaced and the right of way given
to the bill of - Representative Page.
Mr. Page spoke at length in advocacy
of his bill. He represented the pres-
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ent system by which all boards are
appointed by the State Depart meht
except the counties of Buncombe,
Mecklenburg; - Iredeli, - Rutherford,
Cleveland and Edgecombe, as abor
tive and a cause of widespread dis
satisfaction, besides having develop
ed acrid discussion. His bill would
not necessarily change the conditions
in a single county, but simply provide
the machinery whereby through ma
jority petition a county can change
the elective system when the major
ity of the people so desired. He de
nied that his bill would de3troy the
uniformity of the State school sys
tem. He said he was willing that
the Republicans control the county
schools if they out-voted the Demo
crats in the county. ' Down in his
county there were Republicans of
character and intelligence. The Dem
ocratic party, he insisted, would not
suffer by the passage of the bill. He I
was glad that it had ceased to be ,
fashionable to terrorize or tyranize i
over people. j
Representative Day wanted no let- j
ting up on the Republicans. He re-1
membered having had to sit in the j
House twenty years ago with a ne-;
gro sent up from Edgecombe county, j
Finally he had lost his own county j
and a Republican Legislature abolish-
ed the county boards of education I
and put the affairs of the schools in
the county commissioners. They !
would not hear the then minority j
whose voices Minority Leader Mc- j
Crary cares so much for now. i
Representative Darden opposed the 1
bill and was followed by Mr. McLen
don, of Durham, introducer of the
Oates bill, who made a strenuous
speech in opposition to the Page bill.
lie wanted to save the State school
system. He agreed with Mr. Ray that
the furore being raised is the result
of agitation of the worst sort. Mr.
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Winborne opposed the bill and was I
opposed to change in the interest of j
taking care .of, the Western democ-?
racy as the rest has saved the East
in the past.
Representative Beasley advocated
the Page bill. The franchise consti
tutional amendment and emancipated
the State from necessity to play
email politics. He charged that the
Oates bill is designed to keep the
schools in politics while those behind
the bill assume an air of injured in
nocence and plead "keep the schools
out of politics." He was willing to
go bond for the good conduct of the
schools under Republican control,
where that party is dominant in the
county. He thought the competition
in management of the schools would
do the Democrats good.
ing the Page bill resented being clas?- j
ed as an "agitator." He predicted i
hard sliding for the Democrats next;
election if this county election privi-1
lege were withheld from the peoplo 1
this time. Represntative Harley, of,
Montgomery, opposed the Page bill j
and denominated the Page and the;
Beasley speeches as more Republican;
than Democratic. There was no!
school politics in his county and no i
domination of the schools from Ral- !
eigh. They had a few good roads, bull
as good schools as any open to ricl!
and poor alike. He said they didn't)
register negroes in his county and;
were afraid of no negro issue. There!
were university graduate negroes in
his county that never registered.
Mr. Cox, of Currituck, wanted to
stand pat on the school issue. .
The House at 2:20 recessed to 10
o'clock Friday morning without reach
ing a vote on the school bill.
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DAILY LESSON IN HISTORY.
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One Hundred Years Ago Today.
1S17 Driving the Spaniards before
them, the South American patriots j
under San Martin advanced into the,
plain of Chile.
Seventy-five Years Ago Today.
1842 British prepared to resume
operations in the war against the
Chinese. ' J
Fifty Years Ago Today. j
1867 Congress passed, over the '
President's veto, bill admitting Ne-!
bra ska. j
Twenty-Five Years Ago Today.
1892 The body of Rev. Charles H.
Spurgeon lay in state in his Taber
nacle in London; about 7,000 people
passed the casket hourly.
ONE YEAR AGO IN THE WAR.
February 9, ID 16. Heavy fighting
in Riga region; Germans captured
8 CO yards of French trenches between
Lens and Arras; Russian forces in
Persia reported defeated by native
tribesmen; Boer General, Jan Chris'
tian Smuts, succeeded Gen. Sir Hor
ace Smith-Dorrien in command or
British East Africa forces.
OUR DAILY BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Prince Leopold, the Bavarian field I
marshal, who has been suggested by
the Germans as the future king of
Poland, born in Munich, 71 years ago
today.
Anthony Hope, one of the most pop
ular of English novelists, born 54
years ago -today.
Sir Peter McBride, the agent-general
in London for Victoria, Australia,
born in Australia, 50 years ago today.
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George Ade, noted humorist and
playwright, born at Kentland, Ind., 51
years ago today.
Lincoln Dixon, representative in
Congress of the Fourth Indiana dis
trict, born at Vernon, Ind., 7 years
ago today.
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