00-6 HOUSE VOTE
ON AflTI JUG
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE BILL PRO
HIBITS DELIVERY OF LIQUOR
IN STATE.
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
Doings and Happenings That Mark
ths Progress of North Carolina Peo-
pie Gathered
CaoitoL
Around ths State
Raleigh.
After strenuous arguments of near-
ly three hours the house voted 100 to
ft tnr 4ha Clt-inr- Kill fnp tka nraront
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from points without the state to
Doints within the stats and deliverv
within the state, the bill fox which
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the bill was preceded by a vote against
a referendum amendment that was
onerea Dy wimams or Cabarrus ior
me aci not to De operative unui rau-
fled by the people of the state at the
pons, inis vote was to 8U.
This vote was to 80.
Before the special order-hour ar-1
rived for the bill to be taken VP. Rep-
resentative Cameron moved that the
special order be displaced and set
for next Wednesday ho give the sen-
ate time to develop its amendments
and substitute the bills; the ' indica-
tion being, Mr. Cameron said, that
the senate would considerably change
the mesaure before it could get
through that body. Displacement and
postponement were .strenuously op-
posea Dy mr. uner, wno saia ne en-
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tertamed tne h ehest reeara ior tne 1
senate but that the house should pro-
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ceea to vote Its conviction, on; this
issue without reference to the sen-
ate. The house refused to displace
and continue the special order.
Argument on the bill began at
12:30, Mr. Grier opening for the bill
and arguing that the measure is con-
stitutional, that it will not in any way
operate to the detriment of the Dem-
ocratic party in the passing of it and
that it should not be referred to the
people for ratification, the people hav
ing, he said, already spoken.
Representatives Witherspoon, Wil
Hams of Yadkin, Allred, Deyton and
others advocated the bill. Williams
of Cabarrus, argued for his referen
dum amendment, as did Cameron of
Durham. Representative Page spoke
for the bill.
Kepresentative Hutcnison made tne
He said that his people knew Where
ne stood. te nad voted against tne
t Jl-lll 1.111 ! 1 1
yromoiuou uui in iuis, uui ne wouiu
not oo so were mis measure tne one
peuuiug nuw.
He charged that the petitions that
have flooded j the legislature were
worked up i through manufactured
sentiment stirred up by Supt. R. L,
Davis of the Anti-Saloon League,
wnom ne cnarged witn making a
spectacle of himself from day to day
in the house. He believed the bill,
if passed, would re-act and destroy
much of the good that has come from
the original prohibition measure. In
deed, he regarded this is the most
drastic measure ever attempted to be j
. put upon a civilized people.
Honor to Clerk W. T. Aycock.
There was adopted a resolution as
to the death of Engrossing Clerk Wil
liam T. Aycock and the President
was directed to appoint a special com-
mittee from the senate to accompany
the remains of Mrj Aycock to Free-
mom wnere tne interment was maoe.
This committee was announced as
follows: Senators ! Stevens, Johnson
of Duplin, McNeely, McLeod, Mc-
Auley and Haymore. It was decided
that the senate would adjourn at noon
as a tribute to the deceased and that
the senate in a body would accom-
pany the remains to the union sta
tion at 12:30 o'clock. Provision was
made for a special floral tribute by
the senate and another floral design
by friends of the deceased in the
hOUSe.
discuss suffrage Bill in Senate.
Scarcely had the sensation in the
House or Representatives over the
Judge Carter-Solicitor Abernethy in-
vestlgation episode abated when the
senate started an exceptionally spir-
Ited and spicy discussion of the Hob-
good woman s suffrage bill that com-
pletely overshadowed it and quickly
filled the lobbies and galleries with
the most intensely Interested specta
tors the ladies thronging the three
galleries and applauding suffrage ad
cates enthusiastically. The bill was
finally tabled.
House Bills Pass Final Reading.
Bills passed third readipg: chang
r iag boundary line of Fairfield school
district, Hyde county; relative to
election of comissioners in Hertford
1 county ; reiaitng to court reporter for
the ninth judicial district; prohibiting
hunting and selling quail in Surry
within certain terms of years; change
boundary line between Ashe and Wa
tauga; providing for a pension fund
for Wilmington police department;
authorizing construction of road from
Lynn to Tryon, Pfclk county; incor
porate town ow Towns ville.
Tax Newspapers Running Contests.
Following final approval of the three
remaining sections of the revenue
bill, the House passed the bill on sec
ond roll-call reading and it took its
place on the calendar for final read
ing and passed. Speaker Wooten and
Chairman Doughton, in charge of the
t bill ,for the joint finance committee
agreea mat me oui can go immeuiaw
ly to the senate without any engross
ment, there being so few changes in
the bill in the passage through the
house that engrossment can be dis
pensed with.
The house In committee or the
whole adopted the Mintz amendment
to section 57 of the revenue bill
changing the special tax on newspaper
circulation contests from $50 for week-
lies and $150 for dailies to $10 for
weeklies and $25 for dallies; ajiavoi-
ea oown an amenumeut uy w uiwmo
of Cabarrus designed to allow coun
ties to tax illuminating oil companies
in addition to the state inspection
tax. Other amendments gave the
state treasurer $2,500 for enforcing
collections of taxes and $6,000 instead
of $2,500 to the state auditor for en
rorcing tne macninery act
on Dassaee of the revenue bill was
QnTTin,1c BTnt that Rrvan of
WilVps T?pnnh1irn nskpd to be ex-
cused from voting on the ground that
there were features of the bill that
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UB LUU1U UOl tUUUIDB
Two Big Features in House
The House passed by a large ma
ioritv the Seawell insurance bill to
.Hve tne state Commissioner of Insur-
ancft th nower to raise or lower the
fire insurance rates after the manner
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of the law in Kansas, as recommended
by the legislative investigation com
mission, but defeated by a vote of 70
to 40 the bill of the State Department
of Education and EY&te Teachers As
sembly to provide uniform examina
tion and certification of public school
teachers, the vote being on a motion
to table.
These were th two bie features of
the House proceedings. The passaee
of tne Seawell bill was without de-
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i . i : jv, a
business from the long discussion of
U5H3 IktllUK WUiC UICI OS UU11U1SI1CU
the measure. The debate of the Sen-
ate bni for examination and certifies
tion of teachers was long and spirited,
rhairman Mintz of the Commit-
tee on 1 Education leading the fight for
the bill and his Wayne County col
league. Representative Matt Allen, as
one of the chief opponents, and Rep-
resentative Smith of Cleveland, for 20
years a teacher, as another of the most
vigorous opponents,
Endorse Ship Purchase Bill.
, A joint resolution introduced in the
senate by Senator Ward and in the
house by Representative Grier of Ire
dell, passed both branches of the Leg
islature endorsing the Administration
ship-purchase bill that has been pend-
ine in the United States Senate for
gpme days under such strenuous con
d it ions. It nassed the house without
nTvnndtlnn hut In fhe sonate Senalnr
McMichael pronounced the resolution
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a slaD in the facG fo Congressman
n,H0 u-ur, corw wh ho
nA that nnvthlntr nf the enrt xraa In.
tended, but Insisted that he and the
North Carolina Legislature have the
right to differ with Congressman
Kitchin on any measure of public pol
icy: Mr. McMlchael's vote was the
only one against the resolution in the
enate.
$20,000 For Mount Mitchell.
The Senate received from the Corn-
mlttee on Appropriations the bill for
$20,000 to be appropriated for the pur-
chase of a portion of the forest cover
ed top of Mount Mitchell. It came
from committee with favorable report.
Many House Bills Passed.
Improve the roads in Albemarle
township, Stanly county; provide for
local improvements in municipalities:
authorize bonds by Hot Springs; auth-
oraze Donas Dy tne commissioners oi
Pasquotank county; amend the 1913
local law relative to charge for the
reconnection of meters: authorize
bonds by the commissioners of Polk
county; provide for an election on
bond issue in Bladen county; extend
the time for the organization of tho
Northern Railroad Company; regulate
the working of convicts In Bladen
county: require the Atlantic Coast
Line to fence its right-of-way through
Columbus county: amend the law as
in th TCHraheth P.ltv Graded sfhonla
"PT-i-vt cxr-t nartloa within dralnajro Hin,
trict who receive no benefit from the
drainage; provide for the erection oi
a monument to Confederate soldiers
at Burgaw. Pender county: amend the
Lee County primary act; abolish the
office of treasurer in Columbus coun-
ty;. am end the charter of the Carolina
& Tennessee Railroad; fix the salaries
of certain officiers in Bertie county;
change the time for holding the Wilson
county courts; submit the stock law
to an election in certain sections oi
Bladan county; authorize the Jackson
county commissioners to correct er-
rors. 1
Senate Bills Pass Final Reading.
Amend the Warsaw town bond act:
empower jacKson townsnip, Nash
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county, borrow money for road pur- marked ingenuity and as unques
poses; provide for resubmission of tiionably possessing inventive talent
the question of bonds for the Greens-
boro Atlantic & Northern Railroad to
aid in tne construction; allow town-
ships in Swain county to issue bonds;
amend the Southport poll tax act ;
amend the Caswell county turnplka
and tolls road act: amend the road
law of River township. Warren coun-
ty; prohibit the use of dynamite ia
Bladea county streams.
LEGISLAT
AUTO ACCIDENT SERIOUSLY IN
JURES SPEAKER WOOTEN,
SENATOR JOHNSON HURT.
SPEAKER SERIOUSLY INJURED
Aycock Was Nephew of Late Gov
ernor Aycock Accident Occurred
on Return From Country Club.
Raleigh. Attending physicians say
the condition of Speaker Emmett R.
Wooten, of the house of representa
tives, is, found to be serious! but not
necessarily critical. He is atj the Rex
Hospital suffering from injuries sus
tained about 1 o'clock in the morn
ing in an automobile accident when
the steering gear of the
machine
broke
The machine turned turtle and
William Aycock, engrossing clerk of
the senate, a nephew of the; late Gov
ernor C. B. Aycock, was Instantly kill
ed and Senator Johnson of Duplin,
caped death.
The machine was being driven by
a nocrrn a 11 ff All r. Tlinft MattheWS.
WQQ Qiort k-hiv inim-ad.
iir. nuucn xvist olcti . nuu mo uki-wuv.-
ing Emmett R. Wooten. speaker of
the house, said that Mr. Wooten is In
a very serious condition, develop
ments showing that his injuries in the
early morning automobile accident
were much more grave than at first
thought There are internal Inju
ries, the extent and seriousness of
which it will require several days yet
to determine definitely. The right
kldnpv seems to be involved
Dr. Rovster is hopeful the internal
injury can be counteracted and the
patiehf pulled through all right. He
has several broken ribs on the right
side. In being thrown from the car
Senator Johnson was thrown on top
of him, when they landed in the
road.
The accident occurred when the
machine struck a street car track at
a crossing on the Country Club line
at Bloomsbury. The party had been
for a spin to the Country Club and
were returning to the city.
The remains of Mr. Aycock were
conveyed to Fremont, accomanled by
a special escort or senators, includ
ing Senator Johnson.
CHANGES ITS RATES.'
Southern Public Utilities Company'
Adopts a New Basis of Charges.
A change in rates charged for elec
tric current is announced by the South
ern Public Utilities Company, effective
April 1st. A number of cities and
towns An hfh Vnrth Smith Ham.
lina will be affected by the new rates
All users of electric current will be
charged upon the same basis under
the new schedule and In some cases
it is probable the rate of some cus
tomers will be materially increased to
conform with the standard tariff.
Many complaints about irregulari
ties in the. rates charged have been
made recently by customers of the
Southern Public Utilities Company,
which is . the reason given, by officials
of that corporation for the change in
its charges. The new price for elec
tric current will result in a difference
of $20,000 in the revenue of the com
pany according to President Z. V.
Taylor.
New Sand Clay Road.
Asheboro. The project to build a
fine sand-clay road from Ashboro to
High Point is assuming definite shape,
and Jt 18 expected that actual work
wil1 begin insid of 30 days. The
routa is by the county home through
av Wl wl"anilJ muuuuuu uy me
home of ex-Representative Thomas
Redding thence by Flint Hill, Frazier's
Siding 22 miles long.
Patents for Tar Heels
Washington. Messrs. Davis & Da
vls Patent attorneys, report the grant
to citizens of North Carolina of the
following patents: Nathaniel Harris,
. . . .
Atmone, woodnier and stain and mak-
4nS same; Homer R. Fishel, Raleigh,
collar; James H. Gilliland, Grreens-
boro, springaxle.
Big Bridge Contract . Let
vviimmgton. The Atlantic Coast
Line engineering department has
awarded the contract for the structure
of tne Hilton bridge draw and another
"r he superstructure the total cost
at)out $60,000 and work to be corn-
menced by Nov. 1. Hilton bridge is
used by A. C. L. and Seaboard Air
lnQ 111 getting in and out of Wilming-
ton- Ihe new draw win be placed on
tne site of the. fixed span, which was
wreck el by being hit by a 6teamer,
ami wiH he of the lift type, affording
uloar opening, oi yo, leet
Invention Will Protect Battleship.
Davidson Mr. Albert Cathey, rec
snizea m ine community as a man
. 1 Jt J A. 1 "
18 convinced that he has discovered a
mechanism by which to make it im
Baiuto w wryouo euccessiuiiy a
battleship. So convinced is he of the
merit of his discovery that he has
written a letter to Josephus Daniels,
Secretary of the Navy, proposine to
Ia Wa discovery before him if he will
Properly protect him in his proprle
t rights.
Novel Things
THE new collars givejOhe the choice
of baring the throat leaving it more
or less veiled, or coyering it com
pletely. But almost without exception
they are high at the back, many of
them very high, and the neck Is lost
to view. In the greater number the
throat is open, there are flaring revers
at the side and a turnover portion at
the back. Within these lines the va
riety of ways In which the collars are
cut is really bewildering. To iudge
by this, everyone is to wear novel
things in neckwear, and every style
is to be suited.
Besides the turnover collars, with
revers at the sides and vestees at the
front, there are smart styles with
standing plaits across the back. These
are cut squarely off at the sides, leav
ing the throat uncovered, but are fin
ished with a long vestee at the front
These, like other standing effects, are
supported by fine wires. They are
very high, reaching not much below
the top of the ears.
Then there are the graduated ruffles
of fine lace which are favorites on
gowns of lace and.net and on after
noon,-gowns of taffeta or faille or
crepe de chine. They are not so high
THE plainest of boudoir caps, such
as that one pictured I. ere, will
serve to introduce a coterie of others
far more elaborately made. The sub
ject of boudoir caps is inexhaustible;
they are as varied, almost, as the
faces they so prettily set off. Dain
tiness Is the most lasting of fem
inine charms, and the boudoir cap is
an expression of this.
Displayed in a New York shop are
a half dozen, or so styles, that run
the scale from the simplest to the
most elaborate. The first one con
sists of a puff of plain crepe de chine
for the crown, which is gathered over
a circle of -fwire that fits the head.
Lace, about jthree inches wide, plaited
in narrow sde plaitings, is sewed in
side the edge of the cap about the
front extending from one - temple to
the other. A second length of the
plaited lace is sewed in, extending
from ear to ear. The lace Js then
turned back off the face and tacked to
the crown; forming a coronet of lace
about the face.
Where this plaiting leaves off, a
third length is sewed in the cap and is
left hanging over its neck. A ro
sette of narrow ribbon is sewed to
each side."
The ' next cap is made of all-over
shadow lace with the puffed crown
shirred over a circle of wire, a
frill of very narrow lace extends about
the front of the cap. Across the back
there is a scant frill of wider lace
On the ' Subject of Boudoir Caps
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in Neckwear
at the back and gradually grow nar
rower at the sides' and front, finally
disappearing at the top fastening of
the bodice. But they also require wir
ing with the finest of silk-covered
wire, to give them the sprightly pose
required.
One of the new collars of sheer ba
tiste finished with fine embroidery is
shown in the picture given here. It
is a good example of a type of collar
which is featured among the new
dress accessories for spring. Equally
strong as a novelty, the new very
high, standing collars (high at the
front as well as the back), attached
or unattached to the. blouse, are com
manding much attention and may
prove the favorites. Just at the mo
ment the sheer collar, high at the
back and turned over, open at, the
throat, is liked finished by a band
of narrow black velvet ribbon which
ties over it around the throat and ap
pears to support it although fine
wires really do the work.
There is a lot of wear in the col
lars of embroidered batiste; they pro
vide an inexpensive and dainty means
of freshening up the dress.
that is wired with fine wire, to curve
outward from the ears and neck.
This smart little affair is. trimmed
with a twist of narrow satin ribbon
and occasional clusters of the smallest
chiffon roses set about the face. It
is finished with a rosette of the
ribbon at each side.
The third cap was made of fine dot
ted swiss and shaped like a baby's
cap. A frill of cluny ,lace, very scant,
fell about the face, and an insertion
of the same was set in about the
crown. Between the insertion and
the frill a narrow . band of ribbon ex
tended about the cap, ending in long
loops and ends at the left side.
The fanciest and most novel of caps
in this gay array had a puffed crown
of colored silk set in a brim of Irish
lace. The lace was wired to stand out
in four points, one at the front- one
at the back, and one at each side. It
had no trimmings, the richness of
the lace making this unnecessary.
Many simple caps were shown made
of flowered voile and xnartmisettA
kThey have . putted" crowns and short
capes ,oi the material and were
trimmed with lace and little ribbon
roses in several colors. One of the
prettiest of' all was made of hM
openwork swiss embroidery for the
puffed crown, and a double ruffle of
lace about the face. Satin ribbon two
inches wide was twisted about th-
crown and tied in a bow at the front
JULIA BOTTOM LEY.
i flOMEM
A
NATURE DELIGHTS IN CURVES
Guilders, of Human Habitations Do
Wei I to Avoid Too Many
: Straight Lines.
Nature makes no straight lint
e? fr,i
whether it be the canopy abov
horizon about us, the shore of
the
'an
lines of horse, bird, or even of the
human- figure, beautiful curves and
variety and multiplicity of cui-v
everywhere abound. Without 'p-.xli.
ante such as a taut cord, a straight
edge, or ruler, man cannot make a
straight line. Even with the assist
ance of a crack or continuous jrit
1 a sidewalk the homeward-bound n
the "wee sma hours anent the .a! '
cannot maintain their- physical
nity and equilibrium, however aF :du.
ously their feet woo "the straight
and narrow path of rectitude.' it
must then be apparent 'that hature
never intended man to make straight
lines, and the present writer loves
them hot even in a dwelling-house.
The clay cottagd with thatched roof
is the very acme of beauty in shel
ters for mankind, and often the sin.
pie, old-fashioned garden round about
holds more of natural charm than the
most favored part bf the grandest es
tate. Those who have tramped over freshly-fallen
snow, though intent upon go
ing in a straight !ine from one specific
point to another, looking back upon
their course, may easily descry what
beautiful and smoothly-flowing curves
they have traced upon earth's win
try shroud.- Even the paths of do
mestic animals through their pastures
are of most artistic and gentle de
parture from the monotonous straight
line. Still, we would not advise fol
lowing these in the economic disposi
tion, of traffic, as did the Bostonians
with Sam Foss' calf trail. Likewise,
we should avoid violation of the dic
tates Of common' sense by trying to
institute curves in a front walk from
street to door when the distance is
but a few paces. Curves must not be
made ;to appear ridiculous. Sometimes
restricted scope precludes their use
and straight lines must prevail. Still,
the straight line is not, as Ruskin is
reputed to have said, "the line of
beauty."
SAVING NEW YORK'S TREES
Planting Association of the Great
Metropolis Finds Itself Facing
. . a Hard prooiem.
Manhattan presents a hard problem
for those who . want to beautify the
metropolis with shade trees. It seems
that certain streets are not altogether
hopeless, according to the report of
the Tree Planting association of New
York, just out.
Such are Seventh avenue and Lenox
from One Hundred! and Tenth street
up; Broadway north from Fifty-ninth
street, also West End avenue, West"v
One Hundred and Thirty-eighth, West
Seventy-ninth street, etc.
On all of these there are plantations
at present In spite of the fact that
some people have the idea that New
York has few shade trees there are
dozens of varieties of all shades and
styles and patterns, from aristocratic
shade trees to scraggy slum dwarfs.
Tree doctors and surgeons are very
necessary, and tree surgery has be
come quite a definite science. Many, a
fine old tree is saved by "filling its
tooth," as it were that is, filling its
hollow cavity with cement to prevent
further decay.
The committee of the association
has divided up New York into dis
tricts for speeial examination, and the
report on the different geographical
locations is exhaustive.
City-Planning Association.
For a number of years the city of
New York has contemplated the crea
tion of a jjty-planning commission for
regulating the various civic improve
ment undertakings of the municipal
ity, as well as those of private individ
uals. The work which would con
under the supervision of such a city
planning commistion would include,
among other things, housing, indus
trial structures, the conveyances of
supplies and materials of manufacture
and manufactured products, the dis
posal of waste material, the arrange
ment of the various sections of the
city in accessible manner, rapid and
convenient means of transportation,
the provision of facilities for educa
tion and public recreation.
These are the fundamental, objects
of city planning, but many other city
activities would come under the super
vision : of ' the city-planning commis
sion, such as regulating the height d
buildings, dividing the city into dis
tricts and zones, traffic regulations
etc
Good Judgment Needed.
Good judgment-rnot a matter oi
opinion, but a matter 'of principle,
training and experience is necessary
to the selection of a proper location
for a civic center in order to avoid
the criticism and condemnation of u'
ture generations to which we lay
selves open if we do not exercise j
proper judgment at the crucial m'j
monf