Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-02-25
LEGISLATIVE WEEK is BEGUN
BY THE INTRODUCTION OF
MANY BILLS IN HOUSE.
VALIDATE ACT OF TREASURER
The Clement Bill Which Provided for
Secret Voting Booths in Primary
and Election is Killed.
Raleigh.

with the remaining 40 minutes devot.
ed to the introduction of nearly thirty
bills and the passage of a measure de-
signed to punish persons who turn in
false fire alarms, constituted the open
ing of the legislative week in the
house.
The final reading of the resolution
validating the action of the State
Treasurer in borrowing money at 6 Ia
per cent interest was made the occa
sion of debate for the first hour Of
the session, and with that off its
hands attention was turned to reso-
luton calling for report Of all prop
erty valuation reductions made by the
State Tax Commission.
Both matters were passed, after the
debate had worn itself out, and the
Treasurer is able to wire his agents
in New York that the notes authoriz-
ed by him have been validated, and
the Tax Commission, II the senate
concurs in the house action, must fur
nish report of reductions given since
the special session.
Feb 15.-North Cardinals prospec-
tive good roads law came to the bat
tonight with Gov. Rufus A. Doughton
in charge of the bill and for three
hours the solons talked its minor pro
visions without getting anywhere.
William Walter Neal, of Mcdowell,
and Robert Martin Cox, OF Forsyth,
who saw suffrage granted to the wo'
men of North Carolina last year after
they had staged successful coup to
eat ratification, secured revenge this
afternoon when they defeated the
Clement bill to provide secret booths
for voting in primaries and elections.
Neal really made the fight before
the committee which was nothing but
a motion to report the bill Of the lady
member unfavorably
Feb. 16--.-"Grand Old Man" Rufe
Doughton creased his machine in all
its many parts tonight and before the
house hardly realized what had hap
reading by vote of 81 to 20.
Polished praise and prayerful pleas
for the good roads bill carrying an ap-
preparation of fifty millions consumed
me entire morning session of the low
er house today, while the senate en-
gagged itself mostly in reconsidering
to invite Tom Dixon to make the leg
islature speech.
1t is generally assumed that he will
accept the invitation The fight over
the resolution in the senate this morn
ing centered chiefly around his known
antagOnism to the censorship bill.
Some of the members were afraid 1t
would not be proper for him to talk
inasmuch as he is coming to lobby.
Bryan, however has always been lob
bying on his visits here and Burgwyn,
of Northampton. couldn't make any
distinction between the two as enter
tainers, in fact he much preferred
Dixon.
The senate was busy awhile today
in building a fire under w. S. Falls,
state highway engineer. There is
more objection to Falls than there
is to anything the highway commits
sion has ever done, A small group
of members have delivered an ultima
tum to the commission that Falls
must 20 or they Will talk the road
bill to death. Falls will go.
His name came before the upper
body when a resolution came up for
passage to appropriate $4,000 for
tractors which he bought while act
ing as head of the commission 1t is
a state contract and 1t will have to be
paid but Falls is getting the blame
for a bad bargain.
There was a favorable committee
report today on the Stubs bill to call
a constitutional convention in 1923.
The bill will come up in the senate af'
ter the road measure is threshed out.