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Charges Of Liquor And
Women Made by MacLean
In Adjournment Debate
Rep. McLean Urges Ad
journment if Agree
- ment Isn't Reached
This Week.
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Raleigh, May 6.?Charges of "too
much liquor and too many women"
as factors in the general assembly
revenue deadlock flared up again
yesterday as the center of battle
shifted dramatically from senate to
house.
The charges were voiced by Rep
resentative A. D. McLean as he
spoke fervently for the resolution
born during the morning at a cau
cus of his followers, for the reap
pointment of the house conferees
with instructions to bring in a rev
enue measure providing for state
school support without ad valorem
tax, or failing in that by Friday,
that the house support a resolution
to adjourn sine die.
Representative McLean said noth
ing more, in fact, less, than was be
ing widely talked throughout the
Capitol and hotels, but last night
there were reverbrations in the form
o$ plans for a sweeping investigation
of the charges by a joint legislative
committee.
xne COnterapiaicu ?
would also embrace "rumors" of
"buying votes" spread when the sen
ate reversed its first action on the
conference report containing the lux
ury tax and which were alluded to
yesterday by Representative Mac
Lean and have been previously allud
ed to by Senator* Johnson, of Duplin,
and Representative Connor, all three
stating that they did not believe the
rumors.
Meanwhile the revenue impasse \
continues.
In the confusion of defeating the
conference report 24 to 25 in the
senate Monday night, no one remem
bered to officially inform the house
of the action, and it was not until
yesterday that the upper house fi
nally got around to messaging the
representatives that it had killed
the report, which in effect was the
revenue bill, and that it was return
ing the matter to conference. The!
house did not receive the message!
yesterday and the conferees have
not yet met.
The house, in the resolution pre
sented by its majority, held out for
the pure MacLean principle, with the I
additional stipulation that should its I
conferees who would be reappointed,
be unable to bring in such an agree
ment by Friday, that it support a
resolution to adjourn sine die.
As no appropriation bill has been
passed ,this makes a special session
necessary in the immediate future if j
the wheels of state government are
to continue after June 30 when pre3-1
ent appropriations expire.
Although the rules were suspend
ed for immediate adoption of the
resolution by vote of 60 to 30, indi
cating clearly the holding of the
MacLean lines, the vote was post
poned at the instance of Mr. ? Mac
Lean himself who conducted his ex-1
pl'jwe address with a declaration of
his w?UiBgne3s for the house tol
"sleep o\"er the matter," and a mo
tion for ao.KKU'nment until noon to
day.
The Madman speech came after
an impassioned plea from another I
house leader, ComW, of Wilson,
one of the conferees %"vho signed the
report containing the luxury tax,
that the house not pass the resolu-1
tion but approach the crisis in a
spirit that would admit of compro-1
mise.
witn tears m MS UJUSH, U RRBgl y
haskiness in his voice, the grizzled
veteran of many legislatures plead
ed with the assemblymen to "quit
acting like children."
Mr. Connor particularly inveighed
against the sine die adjournment
phase of the resolution, and it was
in answer to that that Representa
tive -MacLean began the speech des
tined to become historic.
"I think he has overestimated the
intention and effect of the resolu
tion. The members have not,, in my
judgment, lost their equilibrium.
They know, insofar 'as it is humanly
possible, what they are about"
With silence even more - pro
nounced than that which normally
accompanies rile utterances of the
gentleman from Beaufort, hanging
over the house, Mr. MacLean . review
ed the events leading up to the pres
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crisis- eomes, somebody .is always in
induced to go over. I take no stock
in rumors they are-being bought
ami sold, bat something is happen
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stances," be asserted
"I "don't interpret this action as
running away. Twice have' we ap
proached the senate. Now we seek
a third trial.
"The resolution doles not say sur
render anything. It simply means
that we shall go home and sober up,
and the governor would be obliged to
call a special session is 20 days,
"It is not turning your tail to any
responsibility," he thundereed.
Once before this session the ut
terances of the Beaufort legislator
have been spread over the state in
what the layman calls box car type.
That was follpwing the governor's
message against any form of sales
tax. Then, in close connection with
the governor's name he declared
that anyone who praised in one.
breath the gas tax and in the next
condemned any form of sales tax
was a "damned ass."
The governor had done that the
day before, but Mr. Mac Lean later
stated publicly that he did not mean
it as a direct reference.
Yesterday he amplified rumors,
first brought upon the floor. of the
assembly by Senator Rivers John
son Monday night, and alluded to by
Representative Connor in the house
yesterday. Both Senator Johnson
and Representative Connor stated
emphatically that they took no stock
in such rumors, as did Mr. MacLean
in so far as the rumors concerned
"buying and selling."
A resolution which Senator Lee
L. Gravely yesterday tentatively
prepared with a view to introduc
tion today calls for the appointment
of an investigating committee of
two senators and three representa
tives. The committee would have
full power of summoning witnesses
land punishing parties found guilty.
It would be empowered to sit and to
carry on its investigation anywhere
in the state: It would provide that
Representative MacLean and Sen
ator Johnson be called upon to tes
tify as to the sources of their infor
mation.
Strenuous efforts were being
made last night by members of the
senate and others to persuade Sena
tor Gravely not to introduce his res
olution, but the Nash senator indi
cated that he was- inclined to stick
to his guns.
Fall Looks
To Hoover
Former Secretary of In
terior Will Not Appeal
Case.
Three Rivers, N. M., May 4.?Al
bert B. Fall looked to President
Hoover today for a pardon as his
only avenne of escape from a sentence
of a year in jail and $100,000 fine on
conviction of accepting a bribe from
E. L. Doheny, oil man.
The former Secretary of the Inter
ior announced yesterday he would
not again appeal his sentenceN by a
District of Columbia court in which
he was found guilty on charges
growing out of the leasing of naval
oil reserves.
Mr. Fall, interviewed at ranch
here after action of the court of
appeals at Washington, said his at
titude toward a presidential pardon
was largely passive.
"I am an old man," he said. "I
am not guilty of the crime of which
I was accused. I had fought until
I am worn out, and considerations
for my family impel me to carry the
fght no further."
He said he had no money with
which to pay the'fine and explained
he had lost ownership of the ranch
on which he lives, when a mortgage
was foreclosed several years ago.
Three hundred and fifty hogs were
sold last week by Edgecombe County
farmers. The fiogs weighed 68,084
pounds and brought the growers a
total of $4,801.26 in cash at the car
door.
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Facing Facts on Mother's Day .
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INATEWHY Dlffjftgg
UNITtDSHItS..j_65
?ANABA......4.'.5j6
#ENMARK......3.11
?tWBHWDS.....2.a I
?Maternity Center Aasn., N. Y. c.
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I TNCLE SAM Is troubled?sixteen
^ thousand mothers every year
fail to answer roll call on Mother's
Day. They lost their lives per
forming woman's greatest duty,
maternity. 0? these sixteen thou:
cand, two-tliirds could be saved by
adequate maternity care, according
to leading health authorities. The
Maternity Center Association, a
philanthropic organisation support
ed by voluntary prjfeate contribu
tions, located in New York City,
supplies information without cost
on the subject of maternity care,
Public spirited citizens are trying
to make Mother's Pay mean a
better chance tor expectant
i mothers everywhere. e
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A Bill To Be Entitled An
Aet To Regnlate Lobbying
Text of Hardy Anti
LobbyingBill Passed
by Senate May 1.
The General Assembly of North Caro
lina do enact:
Section. 1. That every employer of
a person to act as agent, attorney, or
counsel to promote or propose in any
manner the enactment by the General
Assembly of any legislation intended
to affect the pecuniary interest of any
individual, association,.or corporation,
as distinguished fwin-the Interest of
the whole people of the State, or to
act in any manner as a legislative
counsel, attorney, or agent in connec
tion with any such legislation, shall,
prior to the performance of the ser
vice contemplated, cause the name of
such representative of agent to be
entered upon a legislative docket por
vided for said purpose, together with
the compensation paid or agreed to
be paid.
Sc. 2. That prior to entering upon
thte duties of the employment contem
plated by Section one of this act,
every person employed as agent, at
torney or counsel for the purpose en
umerated in Section one hereof shall
register in his own proper name in
the legislative docket or register por
vided by the General Assembly for
such purpose, which register or docket
shall disclose the employer or person
or corporation represented by the per
son so registering, and further show
the compensation paid or to be paid
for the services to be rendered by
such, person registering.
Sec. 3. That it shall be unlawful
for any reason, employed for a pecuni
ary consideration to act as legislative
counsel, attorney, or agent, to go upon
the floor of either house of the Gen
eral Assembly reserved for the mem
bers thereof while in session, except
upon invitation of such house.
Sec. 4. That the Secretary of
State shall cause to be prepared and
supplied for uses provided in this act
the legislative docket and register
provided by this act; and that the
same shall be and remain in the of
fice of the Secretary of State and
open at all times for public inspec
tion.
Sec. 5. That any legislative agent,
attorney or counsel violating any pro
vision of this act, and any employer
violating the provisions of this act,
shall be deemed guilty of a misde
meanor, and upon conviction shall be
fined not less than fifty nor more than
one thousand dollars, or imprisoned
not exceeding two years, or both.
Sec. 6. That all laws and clauses
of laws in conflict with this act are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 7. That this act. shall be in
force from and after the date of its
ratification.
This bill passed the Senate May
1st, 1931.
ALFONSO RETURNS
FRENCH RETREAT
Fontainebleau, France, May 8.?
Former Ring Alfonso of Spain, who
arrived from England yesterday,
spent 4-large part of today receiving
visitors. Among the many callers
was Count. Quenonfcj de Leon former
ambassador to France.
The exiled monarch also found
time to walk in the forest of Fon
tainebleau^and to ^go for an^aato
ridei ? His family attended mass in an
THE THREE C'S OF v
ACCIDENT PREVENTION
The key to automoblie accident pre
vention is in the hands of individual
drivers. There i% a point where even
the best traffic laws become inopera
tive. At this point the individual
must take up the work. Care, cour
tesy, common-sense?these are the
three C's of accident prevention which
are not covered by law.
The majority of accidents occur
when they-ar? violated* -Each year
such violations mean death to 30,000
people, to say nothing of a vast sum
in property damage.
Last year, according to the Trave
lers Insurance Company, the largest
single cause of accident wa3 failure
to give right-of-way?with accounted
for 31 per cent of all mishaps and
15 per cent of all deaths. Foolhardi
ness, coupled with discoustesy, is
strewing death along the highways.
The driver who cuts in and out of traf
fic?who drives on the- wrong side of
the road?who drives at an excessive
speed?is a menace to the life and
property of all who use the public
roads.
Traffic laws should be improved
and modernized to the greatest de
gree. But after that is done, the rest
is principally up to the individual
driver. He will decide whether or not
our horrible toll in human life in
creases or decreases.
1 Wheat and soybeans grown on four
and one-half acres of land has net
ted H. H. Atldns of Wake County a
total of $246.50 in addition to the
soybean hay and wheat straw used on
the farm, and 70 bushels of wheat that
will be milled for home use.
Two Slate Bodies
Meet Here In May
Plans Made for Annual
Conventions of War
Mothers and of N. C.
Optometric Assn.
Raleigh, May 5.?Raleigh will be
host to two State-wide conventions
this month, it was learned at the
Chamber of Commerce offices. On
May 12, around 50 delegates to the
State meeting of American War Mo
thers will arrive here for their an
imal meeting. The American Legion
and. Chamber of Commerce are. co
operating in providing entertain
ment and housing for the visitors'
wlfile here.
On May 20 to 21 the North Caro
lina Optometric Association will be
in fession hem with headquarters at
the Sir Walter RoteL Around 75
visitors and delegates are expected
here-for the meeting. Dr. A. G.
Spiogler is in charge of local ar
rangements and is being assisted by
the Chamber of Commerce.
Robert Ruark will welcome the
riritoM to the dlty, arid John E. Mc
Donald is chairman ofithe committee
; 1
fctoMonNow ,
to Have Unlis There.
Kins ton, May 6.?Both the North
Carolina Bank and Trust Co., Greens
boro, and Branch Banking and Trust
Co., iWilson, will open units here at
9 a. m. tomorrow. v
State Banking Commissioner Hood
late' today granted the permission
which insures Kinston two banks to
replace the three closed during the
last ten days of April, one .as a re
sult of frozen assets, one as a result
of a run and one as the result of
steady withdrawals.
The North Carolina Bank will oc
cupy the quartters of the defunct
National Bank of Kinston, the Branch
Bank, the quarters of the Farmers
and Merchants in the latter's six
story building. Kinston has been
without banking facilities for a week.
The chamber of commerce and otE"
er interests have been wrestling with
the problem since the last institution
in the city collapsed last Thursday
morning. Commissioner Hood . has
been here during the past few days.
C. A. Kramer, who has been at
New Bern, will be cashier of the
Branch unit. Gordon C. Hunter, of
Greensboro, will be cashier of the
North Carolina's unit.
Commissioner Hood issued a state
ment in which he announced H. D.
Bateman, of the Branch Banking &
Trust Co., had been appointed loc^i
liquidating agent for the Farmers
and Merchants Bank. The Branch
Bank will make available "sufficient
money to immediately pay off the
borrowed money of the Fanners and
Merchants Bank and pay all preferr
ed claims, thus releasing considera
ble credit in the community," he
stated. The Branch Bank has agreed
to purchase the expensive furniture
and fixtures of the local bank.
The news that Kinston will have 1
two new banks immediately was the '
best news the business community 1
had had in a hectic, uncertain week, 1
during which one element clamored 1
for the Greensboro institution and 1
another for the Wilson. Still a third J
element asked for both, without :
grea^ hope of getting its wish. The ;
commissioner's action made all three
supremely happy. ]
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AL CAPONE OBJECT
OF POLICE SEARCH
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Chicago, May 3.?The search for
Alpdonse Capone went on today, and
officers served notice* there would be
no welcome if the gang chief offered
to surrender.
Harking to earlier occasions
when the authorities have pursued
Capone, Pat Roche, chief investiga- (
tor for the state's attorney's office, i
said:
"Capone is not going to dicker
with us through his attorneys.
He seems to think he can dictate in
terms. WeH get Capone our
selves and make our own terms. <
Roche wants to ask Capone what I
he knows of the mysterious disap- i
pearance of "Mike De Pike" Heitler, ;
notorious vice leader. A charred body 1
found in a burning shack near Bar- i
rington, HI., has been identified ten- <
tatively as that of Heitler, though <
no positive identification has been 1
possible. i
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Twenty farmers in Catawba coun- ]
ty will make a business of their farm
ing operations this year. Accurate re- ]
cords of cost and production will be j
kept and a check made of the .work ^
when the crops are harvested. 1
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Advertising Real '
Estate Delayed j
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Co. Commissioners Post- <
pone Sale of Land for !
Delinquent Taxes Un- !
til October 1. (
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Members of the Board of County |
Commissioners in regular monthly
session at the court house in Green
ville Monday decided not to advertise
real estate for sale until October 1.
The advertising of the property had
originally been set for May 5.
This will give property owners
more time in which to make settle
ment of their delinquent taxes, and
is in accordance with recent action
of the State General Assembly, giv
ing commissioners the power to de
lay sales.
The commissioners will meet in
adjourned session Monday to con
sider the question of revaluation of
property. Just what action will be
taken in this connection is a matter
of considerable speculation at this
time. It was said, however, that ac
tion will be largely influenced by
what the State Legishiture does In
the matte* during the. week.
These two questions were the
most important taken
commissioners Monday, and atten
Farmvitte High School
Hold Closing Exercises
Dr. Gillespie, of Greens
boro, Preaches Bacca
laureate Sermon to
Farmville Graduates.
Giving forceful illustrations of how
Jesus went about doing good, and
three practical ways of following in
His footsteps; "by lifting up the fal
len along Life's highways, bearing
each other's burdens, and bringing
souls to the knowledge of Jesu3," Dr.
E. A- Gillespie of Greensboro, secre
tary of the Home Mission Work of
the; Presbyterian Synod of North
Carolina, preached the baccalaureate
sermon to the graduating class of
12 young ladies and 9 young men, and
to a capacity audience in Perkins'
Hall Sunday morning at 11:00
Taking .his text Paul's charge to
the Galations, "As we ha.e therefore
opportunity let us do good," Dr. Gil
lespie made very clear his point of
salvation coming only through the
atonement of Jesus, and not by good
works, but admonished his hearers to
build in materials of gold and silver -
on the foundation of Christ Jesus,
saying that the stars in the crowns
of the saints are emblematic of ser
vice and good deeds done here on
earth.
Dr. A. S. VenaDie, pastor 01 tne
Presbyterian church, and president of
the ministerial board, conducted the
service and introduced the speaker.
Rev. Ford A. Burns of tne Baptist
church read the Scripture lesson, and
Rev. H. L. Hendricks, Methodist pas
tor, offered prayers. Special anth
ems were rendered by the combined
choirs of the town, with Mrs. Hay
wood Smith as director and accom
panist.
The closing exercises of the school
began with the Senior play on
Wednesday evening and the musical
an Friday evening, the latter being
given by piano pupils of Mrs. Hay
wood Smith.
Class Day Exercises
The Farmville High School form
ally closed its 1930-31 session Monday
evening, when the class day exercises
were held, diplomas presented and
awards made. The session is con
sidered as one of the most successful
and the class of 21 members is one
Sr tRe'largieSt^in'-the history of the
school. The event also marked the *
closing of the first year of the super
intendency of Robert E. Boyd of
Charlotte.
The class day evercises took the
form of an interesting playlet, "Sen
iors At The Bar," in which the Sen
iors were pitted against the faculty
in a court room 3cene. J. I. Morgan
sf the board of directors presented
diplomas to Misses Grace Smith,
Evelyn McLawhorn, Hazel Wilkinson,
Pennie Keel Lang, Rosalind Tyson,
Belma Carr, Evelyn Turnage.. Verona
Lee Joyner, Thelma Jones, Mary El
len Yelverton, Maybelle Bundy and
Martha Forbes, Billie Morton, Hem
sy Burnette, Bennett Meybora, Allen
Darden, Oliver Lee, Jack Barrett, Le
roy Bass, Gilbert Wheless and Albert
Lewis.
Annual prizes delivered at this time
jy Superintendent Boyd were: The
cotton essay prize, offered by the
Bank of Farmville, and won by Miss
Evelyn Turnage; the mathematics
prize, given by Mrs. J. Y. Monk, won
by R. L. Joyner; the music prize,
given by the instructor, Mrs. Hay
,vood Smith, won by Miss Jean Hor
,on.
WILL ANNOUNCE PRIZE
WINNERS NEXT WEEK
Winston-Salem, May ^ 5.?Prize
dinners in the Camel cigarette $50,
)00 cash prize contest will be an
nounced next week, officials of R. J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company, said to
lay.
The contest judges and their staff,
vho have been carefully reading the
ipproxiir<i ely 1,000,000 entries, have
:ompleted their work, the announ'ce
nent stated, and plans are now being
:ompleted for the actual awarding of
he checks. ' U i,
Thirty-eight prizes, inclu.ling a first
>rize of $25,000, are to b? awarded
'or the best letflprs on how the new
ellophane moisture-proof wrappers
in Camel cigarette .packages benefit
tmokers. Second prize will be $10,
100, and the third prize $5,000. There
vill be five awards of $1,000 each,
ive awards of $500 each and 25 a'
vards of $100 each.
Judges of the contest are Roy W.
ioward, Chairman of the Board of
he Scripps-Howard League of News
iapers; Charles Dana Gibson, famous
irtist and publisher of Life Magasine,
ind Ray Long, President of the In
ernational Magazine Company and
Hditor of Cosmopolitan.
The acreage planted to soybeans
vill be materially increased this year
>y farmers in Mecklenburg County,
lie Otootan is the most popular vS
iety and 627 bushels of these seed
lave been bought for planting this
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EASTERN CAROLINA
p; TEACHERS COLLEGE
? Contrary to its usual practice East
Carolina Teachers, College is planning
to divide its summer quarter this
year into two .terras. The advance
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applications already indicate that
there will be a full number enrolled,
:
and it is expected that all depart
ments of the college will be in opera
tion. The teaching force will consist
of members of the regular faculty.
The first term of the summer school
will open on Tuesday, June 9th, and
close on Wednesday,-July 15th; the
second term will open on Thursday,
July 16th, and close on Friday, Au
gust 21st A student may enroll for
the entire quarter of for either of
the two terms as desired.
All classes will meet six days per
week in order to complete a three
quarter hour course during each term.
Students will be permitted to carry a
maximum of three full subjects each
term for a total credit' of nine quar
ter hours per term.
Arrangements have been made to
conduct the usual training school for
practice teaching during the summer
in each of the elementary grades.
This college.has always maintained
the same high standard of work in .
the summer school as during , the
other quarters of the school year, and
many teachers who are already em
ployed avail themselves during the
summer of the opportunity to im- !
prove their skill in teaching, to raise (
the grade of their certificate, and to
work toward graduation from a reg- .
ular college course. '
The Director of the summer school,
Dr. Leon R. Meadows, says that in j
spite of the present economic condi- ?
tion and the somewhat unsettled con- {
dition of the educational machinery ,
in the state he believes the summer ,
school at Eastern Carolina Teachers
College this year will enroll a large
number. Advance enrollments at the
present date for the summer school ;
are in excess of the number in hand '
at the corresponding date last year.
He has been making, very cafeful 1
plans for the summer schopl, Wrkjng 1
an attTactr/e .curriculxn^alui'.get- J
ting in touch with school officials and 1
teachers in the Eastern portion of the !
State. . *
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Earthquake
In Alabama
Shocks of Considerable
Intensity Recorded in
Birmingham District.
Birmingham, Ala., May 5.? A
slight earthquake was felt here early
this morning. Reports from as far
3outh as Montgomery and as far east
is Leeds say the tremor was felt in
those places. The disturbance lasted
approximately ten seconds, starting
jff with a slow slight rumbling trem
ar with the most severe shock at the
last. Windows and dishes rattled
and people were awakened in Birm
ingham but no reports of damage
lave been received.
The tremor grew in intensity, ap
pearing to be centered in the vicin
ity of Collman, north of here,
where a telegraph operator reported
;he shock lasted 30 seconds. At Lay
Dam and Clanton, south of here res- 1
dents reported the shock was felt,
:ontinuing for several seconds.
The dispatcher's offices of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad, the
Southern and the Alabama Great
Southern railroads said stations along
;heir lines reported the tremors.
Newspaper offices here were
rwamped with telephone calls follow- c
ng the shock which at first was be
ieved to be a mine explosion. To- v
lay's tremor was the second felt in 1
;he Birmingham district in the past c
lecade. Records here show a similar 1
listurbance occurred 12 years ago. c
A Skirted Lindy 4 i
fly the Atlantic as welfas anybody. I