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EVERYBODY FAVORS AUSTRA
WK BALLOT AT PUBLIC HEARING
JWbofc ? Sibtt6 Divide Time I
il^ Oi^ooeete Who Include
Miss Mary Header-. ?
84^ the tetter vice ^airman^of the'
bljing before the senate and ijous;
"5ir~f*? on election* in the hell of
tte^ooae vesettday, bat it was Repre
ii if V--? J. L. Gwaltney, of Taylors
vffle, who stepped into, the center of ? ?
tM stage and clinched, the arguments
with a rousieg argument in support
?4 the Falls - Broughton, biH. _
Ail would have been over for a fa
vorable report on the Australian bal
toidf it had not been desired to ifon
out ? rough spots and smpeth the
wtete- Senator McNeill, of Ashe,-who'
ha* hrtT*"**"* an Australian ballot
hOt made a graceful speech in which
ba said he had pledged*his constituen
cy to do his part to. get such a law,
aiAin compliance with that promise k
I hiatal was in the bower- J I
Senator "Broughton had explained
Mpfrat, Hgpresentative FaHs had told '
jgTthe features to amend the ab- .
I *U|ee voter act, and then Mr. Mur
phy had pledged bis support of the
HI "though he thought the polls should
S^kept open untft sundown instead
of i o'clock; as the bill provided. Mr.
j&WRhtoo'had paid tribute to Mr.
notable fight of two years agoT
(^Proponents had been given 45 min
wtes and the same has beep allotted I
I to the opponents. The proponents -
not 45 minutes bnt an hour,
vghpf, jjvingston Johnson, the edi
tdt-of the Mdwad Recorder, didn't
get! tired. ' Nor the large number' Of
ireeirn Who had come, to learn. No
appeared to divide time.with
tt?propoimate.
fr^ke committee named to iron out
the rough spots is imposed
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S6H3v0r w* it. nv ,^v-?
I ? ^i.yar GwStn ; I
down from the mountains a rousing
27^ Australian bsdhrt. '"fee did
not discuss history, as Miss Hender
Wpf had done when "she quoted from
Qgjajjf Cleveland's advocacy of such
w tew in 1889? He did not discuss
SThtiir of the Australian ballot,as
Sfawator Broughton had dono-m an ex
-2E?of the .merits of the seeret
I ballot system of voting/ He did not
tefer to the absentee voter law,which
ssresentative Faw had declared was
? bdbg abased and must be remecBed.
ft was experience with tee Austra
Han W** teat gave point to the
jpgafl- o? the legislator from the
?ojlivitsiTTT .He had seen elections in*
white half dozen demagogues and pol
dns hung around tee polls, and, he
herknew a? about how a sovereign
K^tefer tad voted not once" vote but 101
wrihven 25 votes in an election. HftM
did not spe* by the book, but of that
I w%h his. own eyesW
M n ballot has been introduced
taw years ago in Atekarider comity. -
B? had heard about the buying of
IJrl ^ ptoawteania jwt Illinois.
So ww the re^y^we^blot
belteved^'Turiaing
? Henderson, he closed
"It will avoid nwny family fusses,
- Ti * *d M* Mwphy
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The vcungest governor Texaa
iver hVtH cow sits in the seat which
ila J json has heW for two
Tlie ycuthful Dan Moody
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Commissionefs Will Abolish
LoaitSr && Cut Con
it rqction
Raleigh, Jan. 26.?Changing its tac
tic& before the legislature considers
making change itself* 5
highway commission has adopted the.
new poHcy of not accepting loans f*m
counties in anticipation of future bond
issues. According to Charles Ross, as
sistant-Attorney General to . the com-j
mission, the
"(m000 issue DUi.
There has been recently cWund**
able opposition to the comnusswns
wholesale borrowing that has
tailed" over $18,000,000 and objects*
to tie policy was" expected -in - 92?
legislatrffe. ...
The reversal of policy means thai
r,.i
smaller than that of th^preawitSwne
$12,000,000 of the" expected $30,000,000
will go toward the county loans,
ing $13,000,000. for new construct**
In addition to this there will probab
iy be two surpluses Of -from $4,000,
0(tf) to $5,000,000 from the gksolm*
taxes, after the bohd interest and sink
ing fund have been cared fjjr M**?
federal appropriation
This make# a totai of abouM^MOOr
qqo to be "spent on construction wllhln
Jt> years: . ^
For the "past biennium the co.nmis
sion spent S20.000.000 from the 1925
I bend issue, about ?18,000,000,000 bpr
rowed from the counties, some $5,000,
000 in gas tax -surplus and $1,66^168
of federal funA making a total of.
$44,600,000.
Farntville Boy fgggf
1 Efcdtdfresidetiig
University Club
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Chapel Hill, Jan. 25.?At the first
m^of^he Htt^w^a^
^tlr^teSuo serve the organi
?*on during >the winter .sorter:
?BgPI&iLewis, of Farniville, presi
| dent; Clifton C^tok^^
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Mr. Ed Stallmgs,. of Wflsoo, violin
ist, accompanied by Mrs. Eugene Ba
vin, will be presented in a concert Fri
day night, January 2?th, at 7:80. They
will be assisted by the Choral club of
tpe mask department 1'he proceeds
from this concert wHI go toward the
purchase of a piano-for Perkins lipid
Mr. -Stallings is a master Of 'the]
tfoliiC In his > hands the violin laughs,'
weeps and sobs and sings. Hell thrill
you the incmient he: torches how-to
liant technique he plays divinbly the.
classic gems and the fine old tunes "df
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kDLO s and lo e , the simple, home ,
??%s> - wiouK^ai^ ''??
l-^Md King Cole _ '-SP- Stuffi
Ch?ral' ClldBBil--^: ;? ? . -#"
2~(a) Souvenir De Wieniawski.......:.!.^. _ Haesche^
(b) Tone Poem .._ 2 _ s. Keis4|
(c) Humoresque e... k .. : !>von*
8?Sweet Miss Mary...-.:............ L ... # ;_.;^eidiinger
> *?"':rs ?/*r ? Choral Club ?
P#(a) $ Liebesfreud .._ -I ..u :. .J^^QEreisl||
|Bb) Indian Lament...? 21 -.2 . 2 Kreisler
K ,(c) Old JRefrain ..2..??il. Kreisler
,5?Oh, Hush Thee, My Baby.. Sullivan
Choral Club
6?(a) ' Thais :._.... 12 v r Massenet
(b) Mazurka ? _ JSfc^Wieniawski
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-(c) Hungarian Dance -~-<l Bfrahnia
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7?America, and The Old North State, ? ?0
Audience. S
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:> q*mWj?iB '* ??^- ^ aJ " ??'*?"'??"'" ' r>i't ? --?
diiced his bills in the house yLter^
tr|tfp
commission, hp 1
he would have a state/fisheries com
missioner, appointed by the governor
. ite would make the commissioner
ht the local health boards do all tb? J
Along wih the tfatch of new bills "
that were: dropped into the house hop
per came,one from. "Representative *
Eolge^itffte#, for the.better .en- -I
#OlS0Wtamt- '-hf the prohibition law
Which would make a prison sentence
of from bix months to two years man
datory lor'jfrM&tho manufacture,
heS or trjmapert intoxicating liquors. f:|
use? possession of liquor. ? "J I
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A TRIBUTE TO TREES |
I Earth
, li^P^H^II^'hf. her Maker.
Where they are, beauty dwells; where I
Why are not, the land is ugly, though 1
ift./be rich, for its richness is but i
ifeasvifctiaaty and; its gaudy rairoenfc i
is but cheap imitation of forest finery; ?
ing title to them, .Thfey are the raajrts, JI
the sail of. all tfia sea^Jthesy are tlie 'i I
timbers that ^bridge many forbidding
s&eams; they-bear the lore* of the i I
world's intelligence; they hold the
rails that carry the tsaffic of the con-. M
tihents; they aire. th^ caaWed and poi;'?
ished. furnishings of the home;sthey i
Trees are nature's source pf food?'
their fruits, and 'huts gave sustenance 1 I
to the first tribes of men, and are the fl
s^eetestf .wt most nourishing of 11
I girth's products.
TTe^heraid-the spring" with gtori- ?'
ous banners .of leaf and-bloom; they
cfethe the, autumn ifl garments o#.gqkl '
and royal purple; barfed to winteA I
coid, they are the'harp of -the' winds,
and they wisper the music of the in-?
finite.
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According to k morning paper wom
en are now buying.dresses on the in- "
stalment system. We seem to Have
sfeen some of them wearing the first
1 instalment. - ; I
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WASH AMfftOMIKiV
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This youth, A W Greg,?, 27
years .old, directs the governments
case against Henry Ford Company
stockholders, in Its suit to collect
$36,000,1)00 taxes. He is opposed
by t"- for,Tier presidential candi
dates, Jbaries Evans Hughes' and
John .f: Daws, for the defense
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"ffort Being Pot Fourth in the
Teaching of Better Music
g| jo (^Children
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The Music Memory Contest in #je
ifth^sixth and, seventh, grades creat
hg an unusdal anfohrit of interest. At
j, recent test , the papers turned in
showed that the- majority of the pu
pils Aire able recognize the selec
dpnsi although some have difficulty
n rememberingthe compos^ and
iontest. WF*
Mrs." J. W. Joyner will hokl | digr.
;rict contest in FarmviJle. in Aprfl.
Pupils who have won out in the town
jchools sf the Fifteenth district, com
posed trf'the following counties: Ber
tie, Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Pitt. Tyr
jll antk. Washington, will meet'here
for an elimination contest and one of
these contestants will he sent to the
state, contest which will be held in
Lincolnton abput the middle of April.
Prizes wfll be given in the local
school to the pupils who are selected
from each grade to compete in the
district contest.
Prizes will also be given, to the pu
pils who, have the best scrap books.
AlKthoe^who are interested in the
development of "More and Better Mu
sic in Our Homes and Schools" and
who have picture* of musicians, arti
cles on the numbers selected, or who
can give any help to the contestants,
please do so, as it will give pleasure
to you and benefit, the boys and
girls in the contest.
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The selections studied last week
wtert VKavk! Hark! the Lark," from
Shakespeare's "Cymbeiine," by Schu
bert. the world's greatest song writ
er, and "The Brock," by Dolores.
Very little is Juiowtt about Dolores.
The. poem was written by Tennyson.
Next week the selections' will be
Soldiers' Chorus," from Farnit,
by Gounod,, which was reviewed last
week, and - "Amaryllis," Air Txroife
XIII, an old French Sance By Henry
Ghys.
" "Amaryllis" is a rare example of
the old French Rondo, a dance ^form
which developed from the custom of
singing rounds, hence a ' form in
wgich the original dance melody re
turns agaiit and again. Jt was writ
ten before the' time of Louis XII,
and; was played at the -wedding of
Margaret of Lorraine and the Due de
-Joyenstf in 1581. ThefVery air of
court life with its powdered wigs and
elaborate gowns-is breathed into the
music, its quick accepted rhythm
almost .pictures the 1
dance at some court function.
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?tSSWEHS
Quito" of nch of Dexttr
TeXaSj ^ 2r'"^g^
FranJk^&orris, fundamentalist 'Bufc^ ?
Uke preacbfer of Tort* Worth* tonight
stepped from his third court room a
free man.
. He wa^aojuitted by a jury m Trav
is county district edurt of murdenn;:
Dexter E. Chipps, lumberman. <?(>
Fort Worth, whom he killed in h ?.
church office on the afternoon of last
July 17.
A jury 'composed of farmers, laboi -
era, ^ forinir sWriff,'eJwks and mer
chants said that Norris shot Chlpp i
to save his own life wheii *he tetter*,
came to the jailor's private study to
protest against attacks Norris had.
made on^Mayor H. C. Meacham, of
Fort Worth, and other friends of
dlipps. f-j. ' ?-X. I
There were tears of joy and tears
of another kind from other.eyes when
the simple verdict of"oot guilty" was
read into-loudness by S. A. Pb'lqulst,
court clerk. . - r ?'
The" tears of joy were those of Nor
ris and his wife. As soon as the ver
dict rang out, Norris stood at his
seat. There was A-wan smite omhw
lips, but he showed no emotion untd
his attorney, Marvin Simpson, shook
his hand. He embraced Simpson ted
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176pt. .
- The otber tears were m the eyes of
a small, brown eyed boy who has sat
throughout the ttail on the side of the ;
state.' ite te DexterKChipps,#hose ,
fa??r Morris killed.1. The *>* <g&t
for his age, is U. When asked about
the Verdict, tears came to his eyes
and he choked-a?. Later said; jt
am sorry for mother. It has hurt
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The boy was alone of all his fam
ily and as the great crowd pYessed
around to shake the freed mters hand,
the lad walked slowly out, virti^|^
wl^^id as? he pointe^ his '
the jury, "if you send him oM to-WR
again, he's your criminal, not mine.
progressive bridge club i
I 1 1 GIVES ANNUAL BINNRB,^
AND BRIDGE PARTY-*!
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One of the moat distinctive and in,;
teresting social affairs of the winter
season was; the annual dinner ted
bridge party given by the members of
the Progressive Bridge Club at the
close of the 1926 tournament at the
r residence of Mrs. J. M.Hobgood, pres
ident of the Woman's Club.
? Sirs. Alex Bynum made, highest
score and was honoree, with-husbonds
of members as special guests.' . \
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hobgood |rith
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Askew, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Y. Monk and Mr; and :< Mrs. _
i Alex Bynum, officers of the club and ??
} honor guests, received at the d?or. ^^
The Woman's Club of FarxnviHe
served an elegant three course turkey
dinner,-perfectly prepared and served/
in the most charming maimer by^rev
I an's Club. ^
Mrs. J. W. Joyner, chmrtnmi^the
ner and sang ^The Indian Low Call,
from Rose Marie, by Special
The spacious' living room, library
and-dining roomwCre attitetivelydec
iorated and covers were laid for thirty
iMr. G. A. Jones nteie top :icore and
won the gentleman's prize, a brenre
ash trijr. Mrs. *.% Jones won Mgh
JSt score and received the lathes prize,
1 beautiful amber candle sticks and can
|^to|^:
i and congratulated on her good luck.
The members^ tfds dub With tneir
I f? AskVw> Mn .and Mrs. Alex By
I num, Mr. andMzA E-C. B^n^n.
Addie Bynum with Mrs. B. .8. Sheiv
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1 Wav^ Holston with Miss
I Dr. &nd v * '. ? ?rv q
3i)g?. Mr. ft;