The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-12-19
MONEY, MONEY
ISN0W THEORY
Where To Get 1t, The Qucs-
ton. Other Capital City
News
';y u. T.. POWELL
The hii"i''u lent l.uT'ru,
IUs LAWYER. lilliims.

I llNC officials VINO nave Dccll
scratching hoadS and sitting
! up late % nights to find new
sources ui income ior the State
arc authorities Tor Il report i'll
! circulation now that the lcgiS-
lativc auditing commission. III
official group in,crlocking-aS
! it wcrc-.-wjth the budget Com
mission. have employed 4 new
set ul auditors and the books
oi the treasurer arc i'll for an
other high priced inquisition.
confirmation ur the report can
not m hud hut any moment may
4 hrim. the official announcement
: Sruatur LyrurguS x. NarScr. former
law partner of Governor elect Me-
Lean and Vice chairman Uf the Bud
get Commission, would not admi,
he employment of the auditors.
lie did not know what the special
cummittrr. which everyone seems Ia
have overlooked. is duing ur cX.
prrt> Ia de-. lie did know that
there will Ir am audit "f til" h"k>
~ uf Drrrml~r IL next, IL fore.
east Ia this correspondence. hlll he
did not say that II would hc made
uu u hill Of particulars Ia hc sup
plird the accountants lay the out
cuin. governor.
If correct. il will >ri the tnn.urS
a-wagging and Yet there are nnly
who believe this The proper course
for Mr. Mclean tu pur. uc. II such
au audit il undertaken at the dircr-
ion of the Legislative committee. II
will hr with the approval "I Mr..
Mclean for Mclean iS distinctly
workin. in harmony with Legislators
and. needless To add. Legislators ur"
wprklg" "a hIruDny with Mr.. Ne
Lean. The - beautiful relations are
alm"~i certain io continue through
one session uf the legislature.
Mr.. Mclean will not Sii with the
Budget Commission und tukr Il
rhanc~ ru cll>hin. with Ills EN-
rrllrn"y. Against u course charlcd
hv members some weeks ago. The
commission j. mrctim. In Governor
Murri>um'S ur'irr AMI hrnrims th"
petitioners for more funds. After
they :" through the day. they see
Mr.. Mclean in his suite at the
hotel! And II iS II tradition that
NOR" castle ar" built and more
hopes buried in the lohhir> than om
Capitol llill.
More Violations Reported
.Auri.Sulonn l"Igu"rS. imcludin"
.h~~priat" Ju>ticr llrriUt Clark son.
al the supreme court. who wrote"
the burlington law. SEQ in the im-
crease "r prohibition law violations
in The Stat" for the pat year cnly
rvidrurr that the officers have h"u
more diligrni la enforcing I'll"
statutes >iurr tn" National nnd
State laws were hnrmOmiLrd.
There j. probably Snmrthin" in
the contentious. H. there i In til"
argument that the growth "f th"
State ia some fashion account for
u General increase in crime. Fig
mrc< contained in The biennial re-
port "f The Attorney General, made
I,Ihlir this week. show that there
has been nearly fifty per cent In.
rrra>r of "intnyicatim. liquor
char.r~" in ninety five Uf The one
hundred counties IN the State since
the burlington net went into orrrn
liom.
Practically ull crimes. mrins
fir dr.rc" murder. show mn i'll
crease for the >priug uml fall terms
nf superior court IN l!r2i.2l IL com.
pared with the same courts IN the
fall at l.ry2 nnd the Sprins or l!r2:'.
The total indictments In nll the
counties for The last year was In
rNrr,S uf Il,WD against approx.
matrly l,WOn for the previous.
More than four thousand nI the
total were prohibition eases.
The figures will m presented {"
In" legislature. not only for u more
stringent prohibition law hut ~ nn
argument for the creation of u State
conStabulary. An effort will br
made. it seems assured. to put the
AltornrI Generals GiIirr ou II bet
Ter salary aud provide that official
with several assistants aud u Stnir
ur SlruthS. The final turn thi move
will take L. awaiting the rcc"mmcn-
oIntiun Of the commission which Is
studying the bIIS line situation for
il may recommend State police. too.
There has been for several years
u mild agitation for making the of.
flee of the Attorney General the
main >priug 0f crime prosecution in
North Carolina ~ IL iS in other
States. Many lawyers recall the
fall down of the State in the prose
cution several years agO of Castor
Il. Means for the murder Of Mrs.
MuurIr KIM. his wealthy employer.
Precedent and lack of authority pre-
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