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VOL. XVIII.—NO. 2 Beer Advocates Win First Round; Senate Just before the holidays, the house, by a vote of 230 to 165, passed the bill to legalize the sale of a 3.2 per cent beer (the ways and means committee bill) equal to 4 per cent by weight, and, according to most authori ties, a very good pre-war bev erage, whether or not it is in toxicating “in fact” under or dinary conditions. This is the first “wet victory” since the 18th amendment was adopted. The senate immediately prom ised early action, but this will not come until after the Christ mas holidays. Three members of the state delegation, Messrs. Weaver, Lambeth and Clark, cast dis senting votes, because the bill was finally submitted in unex purgated and unamended form —the house rather peremptori ly decliend to lower the aloco-! holic content, and then some of the members regarded as signi ficant, if’ there was not some thing sinister, in the omission i of the provision contained in most beer bills hitherto, in which Congress would under take to declare, affirmatively, that the beverage was not in toxicating. Chairman Summers, of the judicary committee, of which Mr. Weaver is also a member, commented during the debate on the floor of the strange ab sence of this paragraph, and he saw in this an effort to make it difficult for the courts to take cognizance of any act of Con gress providing for modifica tion. Representative Rayburn* an other Texan, and colleague of Speaker Garner, took a some what similar view, and several of the Texas members failed to “go along” with the speaker and the house leadership in sup port of the bill, which so many of the Democratic leaders look ed upon as one of the measures demanded by the Democratic platform, and a necessary step, if the campaign promises of the Democratic candidate for the presidency and for the vice presidency are to be redeemed. Mr. Rainey, Democratic floor leader, and candidate for the speakership said to a Daily News representative following the vote: “I am greatly pleased with the resuty of the vote. It means that Democrats are going to keep faith with the voters.” But of course the vote today does not mean beer by Christ mas—certainly not this Christ mas. It is generally assumed that President Hoover will veto the bill if it ever reaches his desk, but there may be some chance for such a measure in the senate especially if it is brought forward, primarily, as a revenue measure, and a gen eral manufacturers’ excise tax is included as a rider. Senator Reynolds expressed gratifica tion when he heard of the house vote, and added he had an im pression that advocates of the bill would have a very good chance to secure senate approv al. Senator Bailey did not care today to discuss the beer bill, or its chances. Speaker Gamer fears the out look is not so good for favora ble action by the senate. He said to the Daily News: "There is no cprtainty that the bill will be approved at the other end.” No doubt it will be different after Ifarcb 4 when the Demo crats will be in absolute com mand, with Mr. Garner as vice prefidjwt. There was a fly in the oint jjpnt fpr the house leaders to day ifl the circumstances that SO mapy of the southern mem bers voted against the bill, and It wa? said that the church in fluences had been active during the lh«t few days. Half of the Ylnrlfla delegation voted afftjnit the bill, and dry speak ers today bpc» flown strong on the point that members “could not escape their responsibility” by leaving the constitutionali ty of the pending to the meas ure to the Supreme court. Mr. McSwain, of South Caro lina, answered this by declar ing he had appealed in vain to the law books for a definition of intoxication, and had then appealed for light to the phy sicians, most of whom had re plied the alcoholic content pro vided in the committee bill would not prove intoxicating, in fact. The South Carolina member, therefore, concluded that it would be entirely safe and legal for him to cast a vote in harmony with the Democrat ic platform. Besides, as Mr. Houghton, a dry and member of the commit tee pointed out, this is not a proposal to change at this time the organic law of the land; if the people do not want the beer they get it, and if the condi tions surrounding its sale do not prove satisfactory, Con* gress may easily change or re peal the law. Mr. Doughton and many other members are also of the opinion that modi fication may prove a step in the direction of temperance, that it may postpone the day of the return of hard liquor. Mr. Hancock has been inclined to the opinion that it would prob ably be found wise to modify the Volstead act, and then stop there. Mr. Lambeth explaining his vote, said he regretted his in ability to cast his vote with the majority, but that he had told the voters of his district dur ing the campaign that whereas he was perfectly willing to vote for resubmission of the 18th amendment, he could not cast | a vote that might lead in the | direction of nullification. He said most of the beer bills had proposed a lower alcoholic con tent, and that the idea now was | to-put more alcohol in the bev-; erage, and lower the tax, by way of promoting sales. Mr. Lambeth added that the tax on the sale of some cigarettes j amounts to 60 per cent, where the proposed tax on beer was only 1 cent a glass. Mr. Clark also favors resubmission, but I thinks 3.2 beer, virtually the pre-war kind, is clearly intox icating, if drunk in large quan tities, and therefore it must be considered in contravention of the constitution. Mr. Clark is among those i who have consistently taken the view, since Congress met, that a repeal resolution should be put ahead of the beer and wine, or modification of the Vol stead act. He makes the point that if Congress declares 3.2 beer to be non-intoxicating, then -the federal government will automatically lose all con trol over the traffic in the bev erage, and he apprehends, had the members of the North Caro lina delegation, presented a, united front support of the beer bill it would have paved the way for similar action by the legislature of North Carolina, with the result, if the bill should become law, that by sum mer about every filling station and hot dog stand in the state would be handlig beer, possib ly under a state sales tax, as an additional reason or incen tive for promoting the business. Mr. Clark goes even further! in considering the possibilities.1 He envisions the hypothetical case of the man who buys half dozen bottles of beer from a fill ing station, and starts out in a condition not quite normal, to say the least. Should there be an accident, and some one should suffer injury, it could not be well charged that he was driving while intoxicated be cause, even,if the bottles should be found, the defendant would only have to cite the act of: (Continued on last page) j Balancing The Books vjS GOOQ Trt \ vt \ VTKtfT Au. X ACi\N - ft* T*V wil 'N‘ (ifift T*, TAtN VJtU, AND O'tR Mrs. J. R. Covington Mrs. .Jettie Rierson Coving ton, 71, widow of Harding W. Covington, passed away yester day at noon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. H. Murray, 1219 East Twenty-fifth street, following a serious illness of one week with pneumonia. She was born in Stokes coun ty, April 27, 1861, a daughter of the late Elijah and Elizabeth Rierson. She spent most of her life in Stokes county where her husband was a farmer. He pass ed away ten years ago. She had been making her home with a daughter, Mrs. J. F. McGee, Winston-fSalem, Route 3, and was visiting Mrs. Murray when she was stricken ill. She was a member of Clear Springs Prim itive Baptist Church, Stokes county. Surviving are three daugh ters, Mrs. L. C. Tucker of Mad ison, Route 1; Mrs. G. H. Mur ray of this city, and Mrs. J. F. McGee of Winston-Salem,Route 3; one son, W. A. Covington of this city; two sisters, Mrs. Al bert Samuel of High Point, and Mrs. Luther Young of Danbury, and thirteen grandchildren. The funeral will be held Fri day afternoon at 2 o’clock at Clear Springs Primitive Baptist Church. Elders Watt Tuttle and S. H. Reid will conduct the services. Burial will follow in the church graveyard.—Win ston-Salem Journal, 29th. Lost $350.00 H. J. Grogan of Madison, who was operating a fireworks stand on the High Point road, just out of Greensboro, suffered the complete loss of his stock a few days before Christmas, when a customer lighted a firecracker in the building and it exploded before he could throw it out of the building. It caused a fire that gutted the entire building. Mr. Grogan’s loss was about $350.00. A Daughter Born, to Mr. and Mrs. J. Cecil Broyrn, Sunday afternoon, a daughter. * Rain And Sleet Is Hard On Livestock Heavy rains followed by the sleet and snow which have fall en over most of North Carolina in recent weeks causes more hardship to livestock than sub zero weather. Especially do animals not adequately bedded suffer under such conditions. “We write and say much about our mild winters being suitable for the keeping of live stock on North Carolina farms, and it is quite true that we have an advantage in this re spect. We should not oVer-play this advantage, however, and use it as an excuse for neglect ing the stock,” says L. I. Case, livetock specialist at State Col lege. “Such weather as we have had in the State recently is hard on animals kept in barns or lots with insufficient bed ding. Stock running in the open field will be much more com fortable under such conditions. We should keep in mind the old saying that an animal with a good bed is half fed.” Mr. Case has found in his demonstration work with live stock that if livestock is provid ed with a good place to lie, a considerable amount of food is .saveci. “While we are all concerned with the suffering of human be ings during the winter, let us not forget our livestock,” Mr. Case says. He believes farm ers are doing their part in re lieving human hardships but they should, at the same time, give prcper consideration to their dumb animals. They should be properly (fed and cared for" both from a humane standpoint and from an eco nomical viewpoint. Where suf ficient feeds were not produc ed on the farm for adequately nourishing the animals, such feeds should be purchased. Where dry bedding is not avail able, it must be secured some how, somewhere and in some manner. This will pay in peace of mind as well as ip, dollars, Mr. Case believes. Read The Messenger ads and buy it at home. JUVV¥\ Baptist Church News (0. E. Ward, Pastor) Happy New Year! Why not make a new start? Come to church. A New Year—New Life—New Purpose—New Pow er. Sunday school convenes promptly at 10 A. M. Classes for the whole family. Morning worship at 11. Sermon by the pastor, subject “Facing The New Year.” Evening services at 7:30. Mid-week prayer meet ing Wednesday evening 7:30. Everyone who reads this is in vited to attend all these servic es and you will also find a warm welcome. Nelson—Mitchell Shirley Mitchell of this place and Miss Dorothy Nelson of Walnut Cove stold a march on their friends Saturday after noon by motoring to Rocky Mount, Va., where they were united in marriage. Mrs. Mitch ell is the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Nelson of Walnut Cove, while Mr. Mitchell is a popular young business man of Madison. Both enjoy a large circle of friends. ^Ijiii^t ChristVnas “Old inhabitants” tell us that this has been the quietest Christmas for many years—in fact the quietest they ever ex perienced. There are several contributing causes. In the first place, the depression is reign ing supreme in this section. Then, too, the snow, followed by rain for the past several days have played havoc with the roads, and they are report ed to be in worse condition than for many years. It is really a problem to get anywhere, if one does not live on or near the hardsurface roads. Broke Arm Mrs. Ed Jones had the mis fortune of falling on the door at New Jones Hotel Saturday afternoon and breaking her right arm near the shoulder. She is recuperating nicely, friends will be pleased to learn. Roosevelt Is ‘Agin’ The Sales Tax Proposition Washington, Dec. 27.—The sales tax, recommended by Pres ident Hoover and again thrust forward in Congress during the past few days, was virtually dismissed today as a possibility at the present session. This was clearly indicated at ter President-elect Roosevelt at Albany was represented as be ing “horified” by published re ports that he had indorsed the general manufacturers sales tax. This attitude on the part of the next President, said Speak er Garner, “kills the sales tax this session anyhow.” Even before this, Senator Harrison of Mississippi, rank ihg Democrat on the finance committee, had expressed the opinion that the sales tax could not pass this branch. This view Was generally held by Demo cratic leaders. In both branches, however, the Democrats pushed forward their attempt to balance 1934’s budget, so as to avoid if at all possible a special session be fore next fall. The ways and means commit tee of the house will begin on January 3 an exhaustive study of federal financing. This is the tax-raising com mittee and its chairman, Colli er, of Mississippi, only yester day said he knew of no means of balancing the budget except the sales tax. However, the views of Pres ident-elect Roosevelt communi cated to Congress have been di rected largely at reduction of expenditures, and intensive work along that line is in pro gress. A study of fixed expendi tures, which do not vary from year to year, and amount in all to more than a billion, was un dertaken by a subcommittee of * ********** * MAYODAN * *********** Mr. and Mrs. Tot Gilbert and daughter of Martinsville are spending the holidays with Mrs. N. A. Gilbert. Mr. and Mrs. II. L. Dalton of Winston-Salem spent Sunday in town. Bill and Melvin Shropshire of Roanoke spent the holidays ill town. Mrs. Robert Dalton, Misses Maude and Sallie Dalton of Greensboro are visiting Mrs. J. V. High fill. Miss Merle Freeman of Win ston-Salem is spending the hol idays with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt Smith and son and daughter of Martins ville spent the week end with relatives. Mr, and Mrs. Bill Lehma11 and Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Leh man and son and daughter spent the week end in Charlotte. Miss Lucy Martin of Hickory is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Martin. Jesse Hurd and son of Mar tinsville spent Sunday with rel atives. Miss Thelma Brown of Roan oke spent the week end with friends. Miss Beulah Whitbeck of N. C. C. is home for the holidays. Miss Susie Dalton of Greens boro is visiting Miss Maude Joyce. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Smith and sons of Danville spent Sun day with relatives. John Dempster of Charlotte spent the week end with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Tulloeh of Winston-Salem spent Satur day with Mrs. J. C. Johnson. R. M. Barham and sons and daughter of Leaksville spent Sunday with Mrs. J. C. John son. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Durham and children of Greensboro are visiting relatives. the appropriations committee at the request of Chairman Byrns, They are to see if any reduc tion is feasible. As Democratic congression al leaders understand it, the President-elect would like the present session to adopt a reso lution for the repeal of the 18th amendment, pass a beer bill, .cut expenditures to the bone : and enact a Democratic farm , relief measure. If all this could he done, Sen ator Harrison said today, “we could get along without an ex tra session until late summer.” He saw no escape from an ex tra session if President Hoover ; should veto the beer and farm | relief bills. The senator also favored con tinuing the existing one-cent gasoline tax,which he estimates meant a yearly revenue of $180,000,000. On the question, of regular annual appropriations, the house appropriations committee | has been more critical than us ual. It has submitted to the house three bills—the treasury postoffice, interior and agricul ture departments. These carry ; $425,724,000 less than for the current year and $33,637,000 | less than the budget asked. Two of these bills, those for [the treasury-postoffice and in terior departments, already have passed the house, the lat ter today) The third, carrying $110,000,000 for agriculture, was then taken up. Both in house and senate the j Democrats indicated they wish ; ed to make way for plans of the I new President to reorganize the government establishment. He is uderstood to contemplate asking Congress for blanket re organization authority and Sen ator Harrison said “we are go ing to give it.” *********** * STONEVILLE * *********** - Mrs. Sue Stone of Raleigh is on a visit here. Will Taylor and family of Warsaw, Dr. L. L. Taylor and family of Winston-Salem and Jesse Tay lor of Fort Bragg Vis ited Mrs. J. M. Taylor during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Ivie and 'son,- Lawson, Jr., Mrs. W. L. Gravely, Miss Rivers Ivie and Mr. Fitts of Leaksville visited Stoneville Christmas Day. Miss Annie Smith of near Stoneville was married to Jeter Grogan Saturday afternoon, Mrs. B. K. Thomas is 'on a visit to her mother. Mrs. T. J. Glenn. Mrs. J. P. Carter and Wilbur Carter were recent visitors in town. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Swanson of Pilot, Mountain are visiting relatives. Mr. Siler of Siler City visit ed friends in town recently. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ben nett spent a few days here re cently. Dr. Bedford preached in the Christian Church Sunday. We regret to learn that J. A. Scales is on the sick list. Miss Louise Vernon visited her parents Christmas Day. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Vernon, Clarence Vernon, and Miss Florence King visited Martins ville Friday afternoon. Collum-Harris A wedding was solemnized at YVake Forest Monday, in which | friends in Madison will be in terested, when Miss Frances : Collum of that place and Lawrence Harris plighted troth. ; Mr. Harris was a former mem be of Madison high school fac ulty and has a number of friends in this section. Read The Messenger ads.
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