THE BREVARD NEWS, BREVARD. N. C
FRIDAY, HARCH 7, t»t»
NEWS FROM
THE CAPITAL
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Raleigh, March 3, 1919.—The Gen
eral Assembly is due to adjourn next
^Saturday night.. It will have been in
session sixty days at that time and
ihe members must serve without com
pensation if they work overtime, it
will probaly be Monday or Tuesday be
fore all the bills can be enrolled and
ratified and a quoram is a likely pro
bablyity until the 11th. After that
time the people of the State will have
a respite from the nervous tension
and anxiety usually created by a
body of men, inexperienced to a large
degree in public aifairs, seeking to
save the State without any well de
veloped plans as to haw it should be
done. But the agony will soon be a
thing of the past.
The Henderson county road bill, in
troduced by Representative Jackson
in i|^ House, passed final reading in
thttls^nate on Friday and is now a
law. This bill encountered stubborn i
opposition in the Senate which delay- j
ed its progress fof more than a week, j
Petitions and counter petitions came j
from the home folks and Senator |
Cloud was overwhelmed with letters
and telegrams from both sides to the
controversy. Finally an agreement
was reached and the bill” went on its
way rejoicing.” Proponents of the ,
measure consented to the appoint-'
ment of two democrats on the road
commission proposed in the new bill
and presented telegrams from two :
members of the board of county com
missioners pledging themselves to '
that course. An understanding was
also reached to the effect that the
democratic members of the commis
sion are to be recommended to the
commissioners for appointment by a
mass-meeting of democrats. The
third member will be a republican se
lected by the county commissioners
and the three members of the road
commision are authorized to employ
a full time supervisior. The act pro*
vides for a bond issue amounting to
$25,000 to be expended for main
tenance. Printed copies of the law
will be forwarded to the county com
missioners soon after the adjourn
ment of the General Assembly.
Mr. S. Y. Bryson, who mader a hot
fight in opposition to the bill, was in
New York when the compromise was
reached by which two democrats are
to have membership on the road com
mission. He reached Raleigh Thurs
day on his return to Hendersonville
and looked in on the Legislature for
several hours. While preferring his
own bill. Mr. Bryson appeared to
yield gracefully to the decisions of
friends to accept the solution outlined
above. He rightly feels that the fif>ht
he made has saved his party from the
humiliation of a complete surrender
of the road system of the coutny to
the republican commisioners.. “We ,
gain more than we lose,” is the way
he figured it out in a message sent to
a Hendersonville friend soon after
reaching this city on Thursday. He
did suggest an amendment to the bill
before its passage on second reading
in the Senate pr<^ding for submit
ting the bond feature to a vote of the
people, but advocates of the measure
objected and no effort was made to
force the issue.
Many of the letters received here
relatii|e to the road fight make inter-
estinSB^ading. Some of them v^ould
not^T^k well in print. The home
follis were evidently worked up to a
state of genuine excitement. A few
took from four to six pages of type
written matter in the effort to prove
that they are real democrats. But
the fight is over now and a democrat
is a democrat still.
The bill providing for the elect! .
of school boards by the people t’aiu
out North Carolina went through the
Senate on its third and final reading
with the House committee on educa
tion. Little opposition to it develop
ed in the Senate and the House will
have to wrestle with the problem this
week. The members realized if
the bill gets through it means a. ser
ious break in the educational ^'stem
of the State and radical cha^e of
the splendid uniformity of action
that has marked a steady advance
ment in our educational progress. It
is said that a bill will be proposed by
Victor Bryant, one of the representa
tives from Durham county, to allow
the republicans to have a majority‘of
members of boards of education in
republican counties and that demo
crats shall control the membership of
boards in the counties casting a ma
jority vote for democratic candidates.
This plan does not appear to be pop-
iilar, out has some support. Since
there is to be a break in the present
policy of selecting members of coun
ty boards of education, is it believed
that the elective plan will be more
satisfactory than the scheme propos
ed by Mr. Bryant. Many of the mem
bers think any change at all from the
present system will be a monumental
blunder. But the fellows who are
clamoring for the authority to elect
their boards do not stop to think of
the effect it may have upon the plan
carefully worked out, of a sate-wide
character for the advancement of the
public schools of North Carolina. Va
cancies in each county this year will
be supplied by the present Geneiral
Assembly. But they are not going
to be democrats in each instance as
heretofore.
The Revenue Bill is through both
branches and the Machinery Act has
started on the way. The educational
bill providing six months school each
for all the children in the sate went
through with little opposition; the
Board of Health's sanitary measures
have been accepted; the new taxation
scheme was approved last week; the
tax amendment to the State consti
tution ratified and an equitable basis
for the re-assessment of property
agreed upon. The appropriation bill
carrying relief for all charitable and
educational institutions is practically
complete and the State highway mea
sure will receive the finshing touches
and be a law before the end of the
week, unless all signs fail. The joint-
committee on public roads has been
in almost continuous session for days
considering the numerous bill propos
ed and a final conclusion of the whole
matter is hourly expected. The Stacey
substitute to the Scales-Stevens bill
does not please some leading members
of the House, who appear to be fight
ing for notoriety, and this has re
sulted in the introduction of a multi
tude of new schemes which had to be
considered and passed upon. The fail
ure of the House to accept the Senate
measure has dejayed and endangered
the pi'ospect of road- legislation. It
means further argument in the Senate
and ultimate adjustment by a con
ference committee of the two houses.
The latest proposition is for the State
to raise half the amount necessary to
match Federal aid by the automobile
tax and short-terms notes, if the notes
shall be needed to make up the re
quired sum in the cooperative basis
I of state and goverment activites in
road construction. Under this plan
counties would have to provide for
raising the other half by the issue of
bonds and short-term notes. Opin
ions on the subject have differed
widely all the while, but an amicable
adjustment is in prospect.
Senator Stevens, of Buncombe,
threw the fat in the fire some days
ago by the introduction of a bill pro
hibiting the killing of deer in Bun
combe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson
and Yancy counties for a period of
five years. Representatives from the
counties effected were not consulted
and they do not relish the idea of
being ignored. An effort to arrest
the proposed measure will be made
before the House committee on game,
of which Representative Lyday is a
member. If he fails to obtain an un-
’ favorable Report an amendment to
LX^A^pii^iiylvania from the provis-
iuTiS of^i«e act will be offered on the
i^ioor of the House . Mr. Jackson
will also ask that Henderson be ex
cepted and Mr. Boyd, of Haywood,
; proposes to take a similars course.
Mr. Lyady’s bill to allow Commis-
; :o:;er3 cf Transylvania to issue $50,
GOj in bonds for the puriross of pay
ing the accrued indebtedness of the
county and making needed improve
ments in the Registrar’s office has
lie drunkeness passed by a previous
session. The amendment law impos
es a fine of ten to twenty dollars for
first offense; not less than twenty or
more than thirty dollars for the se
cond conviction. Another bill intro
duced by Mr. Lydajr allows the clerk
of the county recorder’s court to re
ceive compensation equivalent to the
fees provided in similar actions in the
Superior Court. Still another act pro
posed by Representative Lyday would
authorize the commissioners of his
county to allow the clerk of the Super
ior Court $200 per annum for cledical
assistance, to be paid out of the pub
lic funds.
Representative Jackson’s salary bill
is through the Senate and the county
officials of Henderson will share the
benefits from the date of ratification.
QUEBEC QUIRKS
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Mr. Reid of Jackson county, who
was principal of Quebec school, has
gone home; so there is no school in
this community.
r Erwin McCall and Chester Gallo
way “motored” from, Greenville, S.
C., to Quebec to attend the funeral
of their brother-in-law, James Owen.
Miss Ida Miller, who has been
down with the flu at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Rowland Fisher, is now
well and has returned to her home.
Most people in our burg have had
the influenza, a few dieing with the
fatal disease. We know of no new
cases at this time.
Alvin Smith, thirteen years old
son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Vince Smith,
died of influenza on February 10.
He was a member of the Oak Grove
Baptist church, having joined dur
ing the revival last August.
James Owen of this community
died of influenza-pneumonit on Tues
day night, February 18, and was bur
ied in Gloucester. He leaves a wife
and two children.
Have all the readers of the NEWS
read the constitution of the league
of nations? It appears to some of
us Quebecians to be sound in theory
and we see no reason why it will not
work out in practice. Yet some of
the knockers seem to think that
there is nothing to it but sound.
Won’t "the ex-kaiser be hoppin’
mad when he reads the latest armis
tice terms? It is very likely that he
will need Dr. Davis for “another re
pair job on his teeth.”
Best wishes to the News and its
many readers.
ZIMRL
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A. F. MITCHELL,
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