French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-30
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NJ. Oates, of Hendersonville, who &C
cepted the courtesies u GDverno-
Beckett at the Mansion during his
stay in the capital city. But Mr.. Gates
did not forget his HeLderaonviIIc
friends, or that he had business -
R2la5.Ea one t2an attending tn
Grand Lodge OF EIaao1s. sic made
strenuous objection to 3s-nttor De-
Laney's bill TO remove from the Co
.poration Commission the control OF
public utility corporations in cites
ma GOWNS, giving tie latter control,
and appeared basore the Senate Judi
c:2cy Committee against the APPROX
Il o. the bill, which was reported I'M
Ifav,orably.
The question OF raising the salaries
of State officers and employees has
taken no formidable shape, although
the question is being discussed
rather freely and will doubtless be
threshed out during the present week.
The Senate committee on Salaries and
Fees has named a subcommittee to
consider all proposed increases and re-
port recommendations in one bill. i
resolution by Senator Stacy, of Ro-
bosom, would place the matter of sal
airy increases in the hands of the
| Council of State and the Legislative
Examining Committee which, he
| thinks, can adjust the salaries from
! time to time, as conditions may war
rant, and remedy any Inconsistencies
now existing. Some of the members
! do not fancy the Stacy 'dea and ex-
| press the conviction that the Legisla-
ture is the proper authority 10 in
l,crease salaries. Anyway, the salary OF
no State officer, or empl0ye has feen
increased so far by the present 'ene-
al ssembly. The proposition for bet
| ter pay for teachers must first be, de-
itermined, so the solons declare.
Not a little is being said abou:
equal suffrage around the capitol ana
in the hotel Hobbies since the intro
duction, by Senator Scales, of Gull
ford, of a resolution granting to NO
men the privilege Of voting in prim2r-
les. The fate of this resolution is to
| he determined during the present
week, in so far as the Senate is con-
| ccrned. Some senators contend tina;
| il would be impracticable to grant the
privilege of voting in primaries to any
icIass of citizens who could not legally
vote in a general election. The point
iaDpears "to be we'll taken and the
! Scales idea is likely to fail, notWltn-
standing the chances it has OF slldlnG
Through the Senate.
Few matters OF local significance
re under consideration now, eXccp'
those that have been referred TO II:
;0reyiOus correspondence. The new
road biiI>for Henderson county mas no.
been presented in either house, cue
iio Hrrle hitch in the construction OF
lac section relating to the genera
= .,0ra cement of the machinery pro-
hosed. These differences Will prop
ably be ironed out within few days
t.nd he bill can then be started
through the legislative channels D.
Representative Jackson, or Senator
.ond. a bill Will soon be introduced
Inv Mr.. Jackson to increase the s&la-
ries of the officials Of his county
which have not been advanced since
the fee system was abolished ten
years ago.
-. r Beckett has issued par
don to Charley Fade, Of Etowah, VINO
submitted to the charge of disturbing
religious worship sometime last fall
and was sentenced by Judge Justice
at the October term OF the Henderson
County Superior Court, to serve
term OF eight months on the county
chain gang. A letter from the younP
mans mother won the sympathy OF
His Excellency and her son was re-
leased by wire. Friends Of the family
IN this city presented the case to the
Governor and there is now happy
family at Etowah.