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THE STAIE WIDE
PRIMARY LAW
MhcIi Debate on Bible Kissino When
are
tID 80MESIUD EXEMPTi
PiU Douuty UepreNtmUtioveM lutr»-
ilaoe 'I'liiH Bill Ah TIiIm FrovLslon
Hun Xow I'uNMed Un Day of
UtiefulncHN.
lialcigli, Jttu. 13.—The litatewide pri
mary act took a start toUuy with Scu-
ator McNeely of Union preaenUug the
bill. Senaturti Hobgood, oC Guilfor-i,
aud Weaver, of nujicombe, are sohe-
«hil(Kl next.
At ttiia writing it aeetna that nc
ight will be made agaioBt this meaa-
«r«. Not only l» ovary party pledged
to it, but RepublicauB remaining over
kere from yesterday's (ove-malciug
are looking on and urging their meui-
bera to press this issue to a iinish
In the general assembly that thoy
bliall have the adv^aiitagu that iittoiul
making a party isHuc. Hardly anybuilv
rises to excuai* the party blunder id
tlm convputiou of 1914 whirh I'aiU;.!
to declare outright for the primary.
TUe senate spont a great while in
uiAcussion of the biii to auicnti tiu>
rerlsal as to the administering of oaths
so that the person being sworn may
not be re<iuire«i to kiss the Biblo.
iienator Haymore explained tiiat tiio
vote in committee v. as 5 to 4 for the
bill. Senator Ward argued againHt
the bill as tending to break down tho
solemnity of the administering oi
oatha,
Henator Uilliam threw at Senator
Ward a query as to the “cheapening
•f the Bible” by perjury. Senator
Ward replied that he thought that
Uie use of the Bible now and again
caused witneses to tell the truth
who might not otherw^ise do so.
Senator Hobgood declared that hn
did not believe that the people ol
North Carolina are so superstitious as
iienator Ward seemed to considei
(hem. He favored the bill for hygieuic
reasons. Senator Jonas author of fHi'
bill, explained that it did uot provi le
for the abolition of t'le Bible for
•atbs but that it is a fact tUut a p;rt.Ml
many people go through the niotio i
of kissing the book but do not do “i''.
Senator Speight opposed the bill d'.'-
claring that he stands for the ol^l
landmarks especially where the Holy
Hible is concerned.
lilllH In The iloiifi.e.
Applause greeted the introduction
of the bill by Mr.'Currie, of Cumber
land placing a tax on dogs through
out the entire State and Mr. Currie
utatlng that both good roads and edu
cation would be beneilciaries of tht
law if passed. The bill was referr>!(i
to the committee on propositions and
(grievances.
Itepeal HunieNteHii l.un.
Another important bill that found
its way into the House yesterday, W'as
that of Representative fjiughlnghouse
and Oalloway of Pitt, amending tlu
Constitution so as to eliminate ami
strike out the homestead exuinption.
WIsoDCriticiseiliiy Republi-
caa Conoressmen for
His RpcentSpeech
Washiugtou, Jan. IS. • <Jue of lUe
liveliest debates of the present Con-
gresa stirred the senate today wh<>n
Hepublican leaders launched a vigor
ous attack on PreHicieut Wilson’s In
dianapolis speech, ihe administraUon'.s
Mexican policy, and Democratic legis
lation. Democrats met the attack wiili
praise for the rresident and a pre
diction of his reelectiou.
The debate wa.s precipitaletl over
Senator Cummins' resolution askiUK
the President to indicate what the
government propo>^ed to do with Mexi
can customs collected during the occu
pation of Vera Cruz. Action on th t
resolution was postponed until to
morrow.
Senator John Sharp Williams, one of
those who replied to Hepublican crit
icism of the administration, declared
with emphasis that President Wilso'i
would bo "renominated and reelected
for the presidency,” because “the
American people have found him not
only able to take tUe place of men axid
whou) they v^'cre quarelllng, but good
enough to stand la blB own Btead."
Senator Cummins voiced a wish that
President Wilson could bo conQned
more closely to ‘‘the exorcise of hl.i
fonstitutional powers."
Senator Borah made a general brouJ
side attack on the administration. He
declared President Wilson’s state
ment at rndinnapolis that it woiild
1 ring "deep hitternesa to men, who
should darn to break the solidarity of
thf Democratic tiiam for any purpose
or any motive,” voiced “the solo and
only principle on which any corrupt
political machine ever was organise I
or put into existence.” It was com
parable. he said, to the utterances it'
“Tom Taggart, of ludiaiia, to his fi.'!-
lowers, 80 of wh«ni pleaded guilty yes
terday to the crime of political cor-
raption,’’ to "the orders issued by
Murphy to his sattalitcB in Tammany
hall to follow the dictate of the cap
tain regardless of the dictates of coi -
ferenoe or judgment."
1‘liune Merger in ArhaiiHHS.
Texarkana, Ark., Jan. 14.—The Tex
arkana Telephone Company will t
morrow take over the local plant o’
(he Southwestern Telephone Company
'I'he details of the merger were ar
ranged recently in St. Louis.
I’owerboiil Hares at Miami.
.Miami, Fla., Jan. 14.—A threi‘-day
raotorboat carnival opened here tuiiiiy,
and njauy of the speediest boat.; .>f
th* .‘VtlanOc st^ahoard were entered
f'jizes totalling .$2,D00 have been pro
vided. The course is admirably lai.l
out in Blscayne Bay. in dredged watev
and protected on every fide. A iea:-
ure of the regatta i.f the freedom ;i'iil
latitude allowed the po-werhoat uici.
.\'o entrance fecR are collected, ili i'.'
are no handicap races, an-1 im re-
i'trictlon as to crew have been iiih >
Any boat may enter any ra< e V>
Riving a half hour's notice.
i’<» jniOKH, WIT\KS»KS,
.VND AM, n»(’Kl{NKI»
The Criminal Court will convene on
Wednesday, January 20th, at H a. m
.Judge Harry W. Whedbeo, presldlnii
The Special Venire summoned to
appear on Tne.sday, Janu;>ry lf>ih, in
Joe Daniels murder ease n<?eil not at
tend at all.
J. D. COX.
Clerk Superior ('ourt.
.Masons l.iiy ('ornersloiie.
(irand Uapids, .Mich., Jai>. I !.- One
of the njost Important evcnis in t!'o
history of Ma>'.onry in Michigan W!i'-.
the laying of the cornerstone o( ties
new Masonic Temple hero toilsiy, whi> !i
brought together a notable gatherlntv
of high Masons. Thousands of litt!<
trowels %vert sold to raise money to
liiiild Ihe new Temple,
Many Battles Now being
Fought on Both Fronts,
Most Important in West
IttrkiHaK Partially fiecnereil and
plan inasiiiii it Egypt Frtin
BESiemillDX CAUIiES SIIR
Mail y\\ut Caused Great >Vur Be*
siifDN as Austriuu Forel|j|:n MIbIh-
ler, People Were Greatly Di«-
MUtiNlied With Ills Policies
London, Jan. 13.—Battles, large aid
small all having an important bear
ing on the situation are raging at
widely separated points in Europe
and Asia.
The Turks have occupied the i’et-
Bian towu of Tabriz, which is a Rua-
sian sphere of intiuence; are battling
with the Kussiauu iu the Caucasus aud
are reported to be making prepara-
tiouB to invade Egypt.
The Uussians have resumed the of-
fenaive in Kast Prussia while tUt
G»rmans continue to attack them in
Poland, and they again are trying to
cross the Nida rivere in Simtheru Po
land, held by the Austrlan.s. The bat
tle creating the greatest interest is
tnat in the Aisne Valley northeast of
teiaoons, where the French have been
attackinlg the German entrenchments
for a week. They took Important po-
Bitioua Friday and again Sunday but
the Germans bringing up reinforce
ments, recovered some of the losi
ground. Otherwise the uufavorabK
weather has comptdled the Germans
end allies to coniine themselves to
artillery engugexnents.
'I'HK ou Pisful Owners.
The following editorial from the
ndWB aud Observer has a bearing on
the reci. tly introduc»*d bill by Hep-
resentative Laughinghouse seeking to
impose a tax on every person own
ing a r'istol.
The i.iOgislatnre can well afford to
give considerable attention to the ma'-
ter of the pistol tuter. There are too
many dissolute negroes going arouiul
with gU) s In thi'ir hip pockets. .Man;.-
ot tliis cl'iss of c ..lori d men and b,i>»
feel lhat th';y ha e iu4 doin; what may
fairly li ; e..p >cu'd - f them if they i.'ive
not n.a :e thom'U‘lv->s the po:..lessors
of re olvers. And it is likely ihai a
‘>rnl ' ja: y wiiite people own pistols
"ml curry them in violation of law.
t-<.rlci supervision of the sale o:'
the ahdot'- f; i;'iws should obtain. TIi<!
m.-naf ' of the revolv r shou.d lie
( ti; idi'it agtiir't mucli more osf^idv
ly than ha^t 1 eei. done hcrt totore. Ii
is too easj to lm> u pi»ic>l in Ni ni
('urolinu. The v,' ITnre of ll’c puulic
demands that tlie law agiin.^t c'lrry-
Ing co'Kval.il wf a.ic'.H be supplemeei-
ed by one lhai will nnil-e it diil'cnii
for an irre.sponsihle per.Mon to cc.n
into possesision of a deadly \vei’.p^»i-
lational Bank Elects Oirecl-
ors and Officers for
Ibe flegining Tear
The Stockholders of The .National
Bank of Greenville held their regular
annual meeting in the City Hall on tlie
liith. with large per cent of the stock
being represented.
The Cashier's report for the years
buslno.ss ending on the 11th. was re
ceived with much satisfaction. Said
report showing deposits more than
$492,000. and resources over 1748,OOO.
In order that the bank should be iu
position to avail itself of the facili
ties of the National Currency Associa
tion the surplus was increased dur
ing the year from $11,000 to $20,000.
besides paying a cash dividend to the
stockboldera of $5,000. and creditiu;;
the furniture and fixture account
$966.12 and now have a surplus and
undivided prollts amounting to $2S,-
S11.91.
Also, tliul the bunk hiid coniplleil
with the rei]uirements. and had be
come a member of the Federal He-
Berve System which is only allowed
to National Banks who are able to
stand the rigid examination of the
Government. .Membership iu tiu
Federal Reserve System is expected
to be of vast benefit, as the business
of the country develops.
After the election of the followin,’
directors for the ensuing year t!u
meeting was adjourned:
F. G. James H. L. Davis W. Iv
Proctt>r L. W. Tucker J. G. Moye 0.
K. Harris Chas. Cobb B. W. Mo.ie-
ley Dr. J. K. Nobles F. C. Harding
O. W. Harrington. U. Williams, J. L.
Perkins J. L. Little W. J. Hardee.
Immediately after the adjournment
ot the Stockholders the Directors met
and took the oath of otllce required
of National Bank Directors and eleo;
ed the following olllcers for the en
suing year ;
James L. Little. President; F. O.
James, Vice-President; W. K. I’roctoi',
Vice-President; F. J. Forbes, Cashier,
M, L. Turnage, Ass’t Cashier; Chas.
James, Teller; T. F. Macguire, Ass'l
Bookkeeper.
VITAf, STATISTKS KIPOKT
FHOM (ONTKMM V 1 AMt •_».
|{K\. .1. I{. .'(1 VTi'MKWS AT
TIIK TUAlMNti SI HOdi
Itev. J. 11. Matthew’., vector of th’
Kp'scopal church, conducted the reli-
f.lous exercises at Ihe morning assein
i lily at tlu; Trainini; School. He tai’>
e«l «)'i tl e Christ-, hilj and the Vir;,i,i
He tnniiierated some ol the bi'autifii!
nualiiie* of the mother Christ whicn
all wo’iien should emulate, (h < lose i
by pleading with the young la He.) not
to “bo bloodless murderers of Chri.st ’
and not to shut him out of the human
jllfe.
The vital statistics register for Con-
lentnea number 1 and .\lr. H. Crooiii
has given us a report of the births
nnd deaths which have iieen registered
In his district during last year. For
Contentnea number 1 and 2 the total
number o? births for l!tl4 is 140. th'
numbi.r of death.'i is 4i». For the town
of Wliiterville th<> births number 10.
and the deaths The report shows
tiuii 'ho birth rate is much higher
,'i:in the death rate, the number of
'lir.ii:! being exaclally 100 more than
• he deiilhs for the sam<- period of
time. The people of these townships
are assisting Ihe register of statisti«s
i;itving already reulizel that theae
PtatliticH are valeabU- and well worfn
being recorded.
roiie((U' I arnier A Suicide.
Iloekv Mount, .fan. 14.— N'ews of
t'le suidile on la- t Sunilay ot Samuel
Warren, 8upe..-inlendent of the M. T'.
Daw.^on ferin near Conetoe, was re
ceived here today. It was said Mr
Warren hud been in ill health and was
Ruffering from melencholla. He shot
him.stlf in Ihe head with a shotgun.
Ereenyille Has Maile Much
Progress io Building Op-
eralions During 1914
The year 1914 wa.s a very prosper
ous one for Greenville. This is true,
too, in spite of the fact that during the
latter part ot llie year the South wa.-i
suffering tin- effects of th*‘ Kuropeen
war While Gre»;nvilln's prosperity
does not dep.-nd on lii i cotton murk'
as tobacco is the p’’‘'’ , w.1 crop grown
in this county, .tm the low price in
cotton might have inlluenccd buildim;
operation to a gr*!ttter extent than .‘t
did. The report of bulldiug operation?!
and the money invested does not show
that the people here have held ba< k
on account of the business depression.
The number ot building permits w-
sned last year is 9S. The total amount
of money which has been spent and
will be spent on those buildings
amounts to nearly |400,000. Among
the building operations which have
been going on this year, permits for
which were issued in some cases dur-
1912, are Included an oflice building
costing near $75,000, a cotton mill
costing $150, 00 and addition to tt'.i*
Training School which cost about $7',-
4000> a postofflco building costing
$100,000, besides many residences and
other buildings. Several other build
ings are being planned and It is pretty
certain that the year 1915 will have a
record to its credit wh(>n the year is
over.
A report in ri-gard to the tires and
Insurance risks bus also been se
cured and it shows that about 20 tire
alarms were sent In during the year
of which number about 7 or S r.>-
suited in actual loss by tire. The lire
loss paid for was $;i,32.'i and this was
paid on property which Is insured f..i
about $150,000. The town has rec‘«i>i-
ly installed a new and complete lire
alarm systen' t'i' of Ihe best in the
State consiileri.it; l^e size of (iroen-
ville, and this wi" r ;iilt in keeping
the fire losses a‘ r or low«r tha.i
they were duri.i^; last year.
12,000 KILLED
OY EART
AT
E
Entire lown is LeveDed and Most
of Inhaliltanls are Killei)
OTHER lOWNS illSO SUEEER
CONGRESS, I'UAUS \>l) ciiii.nKi;\
Federal Hlll.v IHsenssed at Natiomtl
Conferenro on Child Liib«>r.
There Is a good chance of the Pai-
mer-Owen federal child labor billV
being passed by the present Congre.-^s
fiovided it can be brought to a voti’
This was the opinion expressed by tli ■
A. Mithchell Palmer of Penn
! ylvania at the 11th annual conference
of the National Child l>:ibor t’onmiittee
which has just been held at Wasli-
ington. “The bill is on tiie Ilousi'
Calendar”. .Mr. Palmer said, “and i
Congressmen could only be tloodej
with letters and telegrams from their
constituents it would surely come to
a vote. Om* good thing about Coii
gress is that it does respond to the
popular will, when the popular will i
unmlstakeably expressed.”
Others who spoke at the Confer
ei’ce in favor of the bill included
Seimtor Kenyon of Iowa, Henry P
Ki ndall of Massachusetts, W. H. Sw'lt
ot North t'arolina. and Willian M.
Maltbie of Maryland. Mr, Mallb'e
wondered whether American peoph
cared more for crabs or children, an I
pointed out that the federal bill to
protect migratory lish hail received
the support of upholders of State:
ricihts from those sections of the
country \\hich oppose a federal «hi'd
l.ilior law.
'I’he Conference passed unanimouriy
resolutions calling tipon the D. .-5,
Bureau of Kilucation to obtain an I
publish current statistics about il
literacy, because, as Mrs- Lloren.-i
Kelley reminded the Conference, Cen
sus figures on the subject are otit of
date before they are available.
The ^hock Hus I’roloiigcxI Aud i»
I'elt at Kuine uud .Many Uistorie
Place". ,Vre I>amui>e<| a- a
Kesult
Home. Jan. l:{—Italy has been visit
ed by an earthquake of wide extent,
which, according to the latest advices
has resulttKi in the death of I2,00e
and injury to posHlbly 20,000 more in
t.iwns and villages destroyed.
The shock was the strongest Itome
lias lV4t in luoro than a hundred yearj.
The lown of Avezzano in the Abruz~i
department, miles east of Uom'e,
luis been levelled to the ground and
here S.ooo persons are reporter! to
have been lulled.
In many small town.s surrounding
Home buildings were partially wreck
ed. while at .Naples a panic o<-curred
a:i(l houses fell at Vaserta, a short
distance to the east .
From below Naples in the south .o
l-'errera in thi' north, :i distatne of
i; ori> than IJOO miles, and across al
most the width of the country, tli>-
iiMiluIatory movement of a continued
consiilerable period.
Shock Was Prolonged.
In Uome it was thought at tiiNi
that two shocks had occurred but th^'
seisniographical instruments in the
observatories showed there was only
one which, beginning at o'clock
in the morning, lasted trom 22 to ;'.n
Gcconds.
In the capital itself so far as
Unown there was no loss of life, bul
a great deal of danmge was done
churches and statues suffering mo..'
Por a time the people were stricke i
with fear and there was a vi ritahl.'
p.-inic in hospit-.ils nionash'rie a :nl
convents.
PHOMIM.NT FMniVll.I.i;
( !;i/.!'> lUI It TI KSDAV
Wilson, .Ian Ki H. H Itynum of
Farniville died ;it a l«,cal liospit tl
Tuesday lollowing a stroke of pi-
lalysis sustained .Monday night. Ali'.
liymim lives at K. rmville and c.a.oe
to Wil 'on Monday night to t pend a
'ew da>. with his sister. Mrs. J. I'.
I'.arrett After supper he remarked
that he would go up town for n
while. Mrs. Harrett replied that sbe
would leave the door unlocked for
him and he could go to his rouiu
when he returntMl Shortly after !•*
o'clock Mr. Bynum w.ts found lyiit^
on Ibe stroet in a scml-c<u»»ciou3
•■(Hidition and was taken to the ho--
pltal by Ihe poli< c vv)io did not knoN/
his identity. Tuesday morning fito
hcispit.iil authorities tel, phoned Mr.'-.
liarri'tt, and this message was tbn
(irst. inforinalion <if the fact that her
brother was not in his room. Sevefn!
hcfurs later Mr. Bynum died. The re
mains wer«! take.i to I-’armville W>? I-
tics(la,\ tthero Ihe fun. ral .servii'C wn ?
held under the auspices of the Far.-j-
ville Masonic I..odge. Mr. Hyniim
leaves a daui?hler at Farmvill*'. ami
three sons.
The Kefleclor has some 5 cents pe»*<
( il tablets that will be closed out al
2.% lentrt a dozen Awfully cb'.’ap at
that price, too. , ^ ..A
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