The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-18

and to the widow of any such deceased
officer, soldier or sailor, provided the
widow was married to the officer, sol
der or sailor on or before the first day
of April, 1865, and if she has married
again must be a widow at the date of her
a~pplication.) These pension warrants
are to be distributed in the usual way
heretofore provided, namely, through
the Office of Register of Deeds in each
county.
Assistant Attorney General Hayden
Clement, has completed his ruling on
the question of conflicting acts of the
recent Legislature referring to the
salary of the Corporation COmmiss.
toner's, in that the act equalizing
salaries of State Officers specifies that NO
officer shall receive any compensation
other than the amount named in said
act fixing three thousand dollars as the
salaries of the commissioners. AS be-
fore stated, the machinery act, as here
tofore, brings forward the item allowing
FIVE hundred dollars per year 10 each
member of the Corporation Commission
for services as State Tax Commissioners
The bill regulating the salaries of State
Officers provides that members of the
Corporation Commission shall receive
a salary of three thousand dollars and no
more State Treasurer Lacy declined to
pay the additional five hundred dollars
and the matter was referred to the
Asst. Attorney General for an opinion
upon the question. Mr.. Clement de-
cides that this is a matter for judicial
determination, as it is q bona fde claim
against the State, the settlement of
which cannot properly be determined by
the Attorney General. He advises that
u test case be agreed upon and that
the controversy be referred, without
action, to the Judge of the Superior
Court of the Sixth Judicial District, and
then appealed from his decision, if not
satisfactory to the parties concerned, to
the Supreme Court. n, further ad-
vises that the additional salary claimed
by the Corporation Commissioners be
withheld until the matter is finally de-
termined by the Supreme Court It is
generally conceded that Mr.. Clement is
entirely correct in his decision, mas
much as questions of this character
should, as he suggests be determined by
the courts.
The special committee named by the
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service for the cruiser "North Caro-
lima" held a meeting in this city last
Thursday to consider bids from the
leading jewelry firms of the State who
were'ready to submit propositions. The
amount appropriated for the purpose
named was $1,000 and the matter of
properly carrying the provisions of the
act was placed in charge of n committee
composed of the speaker and two mem
bers OF the House and the president and
one member of the Senate, Speaker
Justice appointed Representatives Rar-
ris, OF Wake, n Hankins, Of Davidson.
Lieutenant Governor Winston selected
Senator John @. brewery, of Wake. A
number OF offers were made TO the COM
mittee at the meeting Thursday after
noon, but no decision was reached. A
resolution was adopted requesting Gov
oEnOE OA0Au w ScL With GQ0 commission.
Adjournment was taken subject to the
cali of the chairman and it was decided
to hold the next meeting in Greensboro.
While in the city Mr.. Speaker Justice
was asked by a News and Observer re-
porter if he had heard of any probable
split in the democratic party in his
county, to which he replied: IF there
is q single man in Guilford county who
could, prior to the last election, be prop
erly classed as a democrat, who has in
timated that there will be any division
in Guilford county between the demo
Gratis in the next election 1 haven't seen
him or heard of him, and if there was
such I think I would have heard of it,"
He made no further statement about
this ~"bug-a-boo."
Evangelist T. T. Martin, who will be
pleasantly remembered by many Hen
d%ersonville people, is conducting a great
revival ct the Baptist Tabernacle in
this city. Large congregations flock to
hear him and much interest is being
manifested in his powerful exposition of
the Scriptures. More than once he has
referred to some incident which trans
PRED during the meeting he held in
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