Mi. i irrii .runiHi. rn. i ..... BK WHO BA8 NOTHING TO ADVlBTJSE HAS NOTHING TO SELL fi iUTi | I il I IIMII I ~ ~w - .*? Committee Vote For Erection New Prison ' 1 Appropriations Committee Restore Bmiget Figures (KSV 1 **??????? Raleigh* Much 5.?By unanimous vote the joint appropriations commit tee yesterday approved a bill to allow the Wm of $400,000, the amount of the betid issue authorised for the pur chase of a prison farm in 1927, to be usedin the erection of a new central prison at the prison farm just west of Raleigh. Even the moot stringent economists of the committer declared that to con tinue the use of the present prison would be poor economy and all agreed that the State wae in danger of a dis astrous prison fire as long as it con tinued to use the old building. After hearing Corporation Com missioners W. T. Lee and Stanley Winborne, I. M. Bailey, commission attorney, and R. 0. Self, commission clerk, the committee voted to restore the $5,670 it previously had taken from Corporation recommendation for riie next fiscal year, making the amount the $59,120 recommended by the Advisory Budget Commission, and to increase the recommendation for the second year of the btenmum, put at $55420 by the budget commission, by $6^55. The reason for the increase was that the commission had allowed nothing for apodal rate work for the second year. The recommendation of the Cor poration Commission were originally cut substantially but gradually they hare gone back up to the point that for one year it equals, and for another it exceeds, that of tike budget bill. Without argument the committee approved the budget bill figures of $144,300 a year for Caswell Training School, $30,000 for Morrison Training School, and $19,200 for the State in dustrial Farm Colony for Women. The House committee began con sideration of the Johnson bill to have the State appropriate $$125,000 a year to pay the State's part of the salaries of county agents in each of the 100 counties. The plan is to take this amount of mosey from the bud get recommended appropriation of the Department of Agriculture. Commis sioner Graham and Dr. Clarence Foe member of the board, appeared be ? - .1, I, .. - - fi lore use conmuwee w urge no lurvner idea and appointed a sub-committee to make recommendations, if found advisable, of abolishing some items and divisions of the department in order to reduce its budget by $125,000. The joint appropriations committee is practically through with its final recommendations on the appropria tions of every department and institu tion which it feels can be concluded before the Legislature has acted on pending legislation. For instance, the appropriation of the State Industrial Commission cannot be finally decided until it is known whether a State in surance fund will be set up nor can there be any division on the County Government Advisory Commission un til the Legislature has completed the proposition to abolish it and set up the Local Government Commission. Is the appropriations of all State departments there has been included the cases of constitutional officers. The same cut has been decided on for the solicitors of the State, the com mittee having withdrawn from its first decision to cut these salaries 20 per cent However, the Governor's proposal to cut the salaries of all pub lic servants, including school teachers was never accepted and as it stands at present the appropriations of the educational institutions of the State have been made with an idea that the administration will either reduce clerical and the number of employes, but not cut the salaries of professors, teachers, physicians and the like. I SHARP SWINDLER PEKPmATCSJOB Gets in Possession Of School Vonchers At Rock'ngham And Cashes In. Rockingham, March. 5?The slick est check flashing job in years was ?? polled here yesterday span the Hal v fant fanfare store, and the erook got away with $75 in cash. Be gave his name as A. EL Cowan, at Gibson, but there is no sock party living there ^TOggt^iyed the :oflfae of the the'day and informed tfro cfcrica. force that he was sent by the Stau get prices on school vouchers, ant aaked for half a dozen Manfc fbrais TU? was granted. He then depart* and shortly afterwards showed up ? the HsHiwi store wttfigWate schoo voucher, apparently properly signet ?" W As Scotland County aaditOr. boart chairman end sehoot ra|mTT>**f*d*nt f,, mm O0HC Q* * ? ? wr fBZD. w oougnt #iou irartn oi furniture, and gave instructions tha v it be delivered* his supposed horn, in Gtes*. and took the difference a ?iis|?% DANGER!HEN ARE AT WORK A Little Less Grumbling And More Boosting Win Do Lot Of Good. We are entering, let us hope, the I final stage of oar folly. The air is charged with rumors. The whispering campaign is on. No business is im mune. i Have you hear about such and audi a bank ? Do you know old So-and-So is going to the wall? I hear the Doe Company is headed for receivership. The Roe Company has passed its divi dend. Only by wearing ear muffs can one walk a block without having his confi |dence shaken. Of comfort let no man speak; Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs. Depression is on every tongue. It is the most widely advertised product of our times. Headlines, headlines everywhere ,and no one stops to think. And our vaunted salesmanship] Give a salesman time enough and he will paint so drab a picture of the future that a likely prospect will re place his fountain pen? and lock the safe. r^t .?T anaripot there VI U-U^Uiyzv j Uivuv. * _? are more idle tongues than idle hands j The folly of too many of us is to I accept the echo of the locker room and club car as the Voice of Ameri ca. For example, consider 1930, lately interred. Now lies he there and none so poor to do him reverence. Yet that much-maligned year loaded and un loaded 45,800,000 freight cars, and with three million trucks on the job, too. It made and sold a new automo bile for each ten families at a cost of 52,159,600,000, and saw registrations highest of any year, with a gasoline consumption of 399 million barrels, an all-time record. It saw electrical production hit its highest mark. Nineteen hundred and thirty manu factured four and a half billion yards of textiles, and 315 million pairs of shoes, the usual two and a half pairs to the person. It provided work for forty-odd h^Uatt W anJ wumen, kuSMiiliiifr through dividends to the amount of I ?$4,500,000,000. Nineteen hundred and thirty saw to it that expenses of living did not ex ceed income, as evidenced by hund reds of millions of dollars increase in savings banks and eighteen and a half billionr'of new life insurance. Nineteen hundred and thirty added one million in population to our con suming public?a city the size of Cleveland. With all its faults, 1930 furnished a national market-pi ?oe where goods, service and labor were exchanged to the extent of 100 billion dollars, and the returns are not all in yet. One would think, from the wailing (Continued on page two) Legislators Hoping Visit of "Gov. S. C. to Gov. N.C." (By Carl G?orch) Virginia sent its former governor Mr. Byrd, to talk to our legislature, and New York sent its former gov ernor, Mr. Smith, to do the same, but things around the capital dont seem to have improved materially. What most of the legislators prob ably are hoping for is a visit from the Governor of South Carolina to the Governor of North Carolina. Some important legislation. has been acted on during the past week, the boys are beginning to do them selves proud. The Governor's road biH has gone through a-kiting and there is no question or doubt, about most of the other legislation be re commended at the beginning of the session. Of course he probably wont get through everything he actafcated but his batting average is going to .v.. T? be mighty good, nevertheless. And while we're on the subject of the Governor Jet "me tell you a lit tle secret The old boy's got sense. Plenty of it I dont pretend to know all of the inside workings of our State politics ,but I'm willing to bet dol lars to doughnuts that two weeks before the legislature met Max could have told you the fate of each meas ure to come up during this session. In other words, it Looks to nje as though he's got NApoleon, Alexand er the Great and George Washing ton completely outclassed when it1 comes to skillful maneuvering. There's another thing to be; con sidered, too. You've heard of the expression that So-and-so knows his onions? WeU, Max knows his legis lators like nobody's business. He's got 'em card-indexed and cross-index ed. He knows what each one of then likes for breakfast, what land of cutf-buttons they wear, whether they are addieted to halitosis or the seveh-year-ltch and whether they approve or do net approve of drink ing. By the way, wbat'sbeeome of CoL Kirkpatridr and ftfth 'Sprunt kill ? ^Tbere ^larg^ ke^^ tetreated liP h& presence and his speech. | *. i........ presidency. T.: ISV'vJL?wE'x^ ? _ ? V Another Iowa Success I as offkl bGf b hU fitter's t aace office ? Iowa 31 rars igb. vg :SaaMfrttCTg pao?^ '^ ? rt*r *""**** ";V. ? ? ' Thfe Los Angeles Board of Education is now tajtfitf MWtMPFhtr calf for a ride?a ride around to-*11 the- srhftoli fcTthrfritj ?tif* ill became ? recent survey disclosed that there Wo*, tko chads of dty school children who bad never seen a cow ?# calf or f thorn. The caravan is shown hers at its first atop. - T The Eastern Carolina Chamber of Comrmrce To Hold Exposition Greenville Gets 1931 Show; Big Program Now Being Arranged. At a meeting of the Board of Direc tors of the Eastern Carolina Chamber >f Commerce last Jfriday night in 5reenvilte it was decided to hold the 1931 Eastern Carolina Exposition. A committee from Greenville appeared before the Directors and asked thai die 1981 show be held in Greenville, feeling that this would stimulate the norale of the people of the section as 1 whole. TUI Directors unanimously accept ed the invitation of the Greenville people and set the date j^f the 1931 Bx^sition Apr# Jfaty 2 'VfiflQHL retary N. G. Bartlett are now appoint ing the various committees for real work. This will be good news to a large part of Eastern North Carolina be cause the annual Exposition has been looked forward to for the last nine rears with a great deal of interest by the forty-six counties of the State, rhe usual program will be staged in cluding prominent speakers, popular Plfice entertainers and cefebrities? THE OLD REPOBATE Mother?Is it true that you put an advertisement in the paper to obtain i husband ? Daughter?Yes, ma. Mother?J dont know what your father would say to such goings on. Did you get any answers? Daughter?Only one, from father. GOOD ADVICE The next time Che fanners want somebody to show them how to keep prices up on a high levelj they ought to go to whotever it is that advises the bakers,?Judge. . Planning to make money and get ting it into your bank account are two very different undertakings. EASTERN DISTRICT MUNICIPAL ASSOC'N MEETS IN FA WLE Organization Composed Of Water And Light Super intendents. The. regular monthly nfeeting of the Eastern Carolina Municipal As sociation was held in this city last Thuhsday afternoon at three o'clock in the City Hall, and was presided ojver by Mr. Dick Grantham, of Wil son, president of the organization. yThe Towns representing the Dist rict are Wilson, Greenville, Kinston, New Bern, Tarboro and Farmville, each of which was represented. A'jpperal round-table discussion of plant" problems is proving of much benefit While one o? the main objects of the organization, which ems recently perfected, is to keep the public more closely in touch ulth operation of their Water and light plants. Nothing is so good but what it( couldn't possibly be improved, and thesr monthly round-table discus sions" of each town's peculiar advant TOWN PRIMARY CAI1EDAFR1L7 Election Day Set For May \ Fifth; Mayor And Com- ( missioners Be Elected i i < The Town Primary, in which the ' Mayor and Town Commissioners 1 will be voted upon, is officially an- 1 nounced as Tuesday, April 7, the j election to be held on May 5th. The registration books will be ( opened for registration on March ^ 7th and closed on March 28. The ] last day for registration of candi- : by the executive committee, compos- ! ed of J. R. Davis, chairman, J. W. , Holmes and J. T. Thorne, which met on February 28th. In addition to ] setting the above dates, R. A. Joy- , ner was appointed as registrar, T. ] W. Lang and J. T. Bundy as poll j holders by the committee. 1 I SOMETHING MISSING Mrs. Newly wed?Hurry up and carve the turkey, dear; you know how to do it now. Husband?Um?yes; but where in. i thunder are the dotted lines ??Every- i body's Wfeekly. .I'J ' .'; ? ?"vj'?}p(j" Bom^^tidenAuri And ^lalra^Are Deaf And Dimb. i.-iu io ? 1 Last week Judge J. Paul Prixtelle tried a somewhat unusual caste in the Superior Court ?t Turlington?a case in which the defendant and plaintiff were both deaf and dumb. Miller Cain 34, was chargedwith an assault upon Miss Julia McBane, 28, "with intent to commit rape." Hie was found guilty by the jury, which returned its verdict within less than two'hours after be ing given the case, and was sentenced by Judge Frizselte to serve 10 to 12 years in state's prison. An appeal to the supreme court was noted. > From the Burlington Daily Times of Last Friday, we quote: i ? "To progress with a congested docket for the one week term, the court was in night session last night. Judge Frizzellte completed ^his charge to. the jury about 9:30 o'clock and ordered the gentlement to retire and agree upon a verdict They were out less than two hours. "Returning with" the verdict the foreman .spoke the words 'Guilty with a recommendation for mercy.' "?* * ~rr? +V,? wrj nenircr&uu, uvwiuc^ iw* defense, made a strong plea for mer cy, pointing out the good character the man had brought to the courtroom and also his life in the silent world of the deaf as tending to limitate his sphere of mental environment "Judge Frizzelle who has but re cently been elevated to the bench after practicing in the court for the past 23 years, replied that he had discov ered his duty to sentence the difficult task of his position but that so long as he shall kit in judgment, duty alone shall gover* his decisions. " 'If the time eVer comes when any thing but the purest of motives enter into mydecisions, I will resign,' he said. He added that he leaned natural ly to the side of the defendant, as the underdog, but steadied himself to the exlercise of duty. "Miss McBane, whose nerves show ed the trace-of strain throout the trial revealed an instant reaction when she had won her hattle to ^ grasped their hands and smiled upon them her gratitude. "On the opposite side of the court room sat Cain, staring into the omin ous shadows ahead, not seeming to realize at the moment the full weight of the price of "that night" by the side of the road. His accomplishment had become a long sentence?nothing more. "Other hands of silent men and women in the courtroom flashed in hurried gestures of sign language. The faces of a majority of them mir rored their approval. Deaf citizens believe in protecting their womanhood and the jury had said, "there has been a violation." "Just two hands were outstretched (Continued on page two) Measure Permits Either Party To Sue After 5 < Years If No Children. ' 1 '$:???? 1 ? Raleigh, Mnr? B?The Senate Tues- { day night passed the Johnson bill to* ( liberalize the .divorce laWs by al- t loving either party, injured or not, to bring action for divorce after five ^ years separation if there are no chil- , dren. The present law requires that T the action be taken by the injured * PVty. ;t The bill , will not become law until j the House has concurred in the Sen- ? ate amendment and, if the House ( doese concur, ia ratified. t , Senator Folger explained the t bill grew out of judicial doubt if { divorces could be granted when both t parties had signed a deed of separa- ^ tioh, the doubt being that either ^ party. Senator Ward of Beaufort re- t minded the Senaator from Surray t that the word "or otherwise," fol lowed the elause about deeds of se paration and would allow a hus- , band who had deserted his wife to ( get a divorce himself after five years. He submitted an amend- , ment to strike out "or otherwise." Senator Folger went on to say that the bill affcdted only childless couples. SoMatnv CriVv nhleeteri tfl the nro vision in the bill which would allow - a wife to receive alimony from her ' first husband, divorced under the bill, without limit or time or condi tion. He sent forward an amend ment to disallow her allimony or i property rights after the divorce. < After Senator Peel spoke against 1 the Ward amendment, which Sena- ] tor Folger had accepted, it was kill- ? ed but Senator Crier's amendment ' was adopted. 1 Senator Dorch. of Wayne ptalled ' tiie best piece of legislative strate gy of the weeks by having the long 1 fought .. moving picture bill tabled 1 before the Senate had debated it 1 at, all. | *"'Noi1^~KiiiJr a"longer/eonramee ' fight than this, the independent op- ' erators sponcing it on the ground ' the producer gave every advantage i to the large theatres. The bill had ] passed the House and gotton a fav- i orable report from the Senate com- | mittee. < j REMARKABLE EGG. i Smithfield, March 3.?Rufus Lee i of Four Oaks, has been displaying i a remarkable egg laid by a Leg- i horn pullet. The egg is 8 1-2 inches iong and 7 inches around, and < weighes six ounces. 1 If the average man could make his < dreams come true there would be no i more dreaming. , : 1 Widespread Violation Of Dry Law in Large Cities Washington, March 6?The WScker sham commission yesterday lifted the lid upon prohibition conditions in five states, only one of which escaped the charge of widespread and flagrant liquor law violations within its bord er*. One survey?of Illinois?laid with the others before the Senate?spoke frankly of widespread corruption a mong public officials. It listed the names of 330 reputed Chicago gang ster* together with their sources of revenue, and reported such details as the discovery of "large quantities of poison-dipped bullets" in rooms said to have been occupied by A1 Capone's followers. . Other surveys covered the states of New York, New Jersey, Louisiana and Colorado. In only the latter was pro hibition declared satisfactorily enforc ed. Chairman Wickersham, in a letter of transmittal, said three of the sur veys were the only ones available. Several hour* later the report upon Colorado up8 submitted, and later in the evening the Illinois survey reach ed the capital. Aparently fearing reprisal by Chi eago gunmen, the author of the Illi: nois report ,an employe of the prohi bition bureau, signed the assumed name of "Guy L. Nichols.'' His infor mation has now been in the hands riff Federal authorities for nearly a year. \ The report characterised A1 Capone as "ftlphonso Capone, alias, A1 Brown, alias Scarface ? vice-gambling, booze and/beer.". i;'.^ The list of alleged gangsters, many of them now dead, was obtained from the sipcret files "of the Chicago aim? commission. Each name bore such en try as "dynamiter and bomb thrower," "slugger and gunman" or "booze and many of them taken by "Nichols," , were included. One of these was a j snap-shot of a hotel in Chicago. "The entire second floor of some , 50 rooms is . occupied by the Capone ' outfit," the investigator said. "Guards are stationed on this floor and no one has access thereto unless his identity is satisfactory. "Lieutenant Blahl, of the state's 1 attorney's office, in April, 1930, your investigator is reliably informed, made a raid and discovered on the second floor a large conference room, Number 230, with a long table and ] chairs reinforced with armor plated 1 backs. "Large quantities of poison-dipped bullets, but no guns nor record, were < found. Neither were any of the Ca- ' pon outfit about. There was strong indication of a tip-off." ] t Vere Brabazon PonsOnby, Earl ? of Bewboroflgh, who has been ap pointed Gdfrernor-Gener-I of Can ada He it a World V r veteran and hi* wife la of Frenui birth." V V ;V - ^ * Individuals should be moderate in | | everything; even t? beat up an editor. 1 feaR-S.'sw .it:'- V-- ? ? ? Recent rtegrislatioii Makes fTosftfble .Ti^e Necessary