The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-12-12
CRIST FOR 1925
SESSION HEAVY.
And Now Religionists Will
Try To Make Laws in
North Carolina
Tu5 I.twSers liuilliu:.
The independent bureau,
I:y Il. T.. POWELL

OF the general assembly, ar
ran|cmcntS Tor the use of
silent tvpcwritcrS, announce
mcnt that the lieutenant gov
crnor is ready 10 make his
: committee appointments now
and that il +. W. Pharr is
chosen speaker he will organ
izc his house on the first dav
gives this prc-ChriStmaS season
distinctly legislative atmoS-
phcrc.
r. date not II word has been said
nhnut the inauguration. How much
ceremony will attend the incoming
Governor seems not tu have been
decided. The inauguration Is hut
month oil and there il generally
good deal of excitement 10y this
time. Time has dealt ~ harshiy
with rX-govcrnOr> that the outgoing
ur them all hcginS tu have funeral
suggestion. There j. not now Il
! living rN..Ovrrnnr and not one Oi
most recent >iN who have died had
any right IT, hc called an old man.
All. save one. died under ~.
This general u>cmhly'S work i ia
nrwi>c rut out for il. The first
thing that the new governor means
tu ,Iu i io find ont how badly OiT
the state j. financially. The state
has spent II lot of money tO deter
min" where il stands. hul not even
nm u~trnlu."r could guess what l. is
financial situation. Its credit Il
good. il j. financing much 0f It's
construction. liut IL has not run
en- IL income. The first great Hci
ur the Mclean administration will
I lr 10 rind new revenues.
The Need For Money
Mr. Morrison has been II great
>p,udcr hut mn prNi,lrr. Th" Out
.uiu. g"vornur has discovered m'
sources uf taxation. Ills one great
contribution ir he taxing pow"r>
WAS nn unsuccessful effort I" max"
uniform all income taxes. \ flat
rate WAS his view. Had ia" stat"
adopted II there had been lost II mil
, lion annually Wherefore the hole
in he states treasury would hr
bigger Icy ~" I" three millions at
this jumcturr. Governor Morrison
has been u hooStrr The state must
now find more money.
II i assumed that Incomes will
ir mur" taxed. The l!I2n amend.
mrmi made q per cent IN" dead line
and :: per cent il the limit thus far
nluut"d. There will hr 4 biz fall.
img IN in the collections under this
graduated rate and there i II strong
likrlihnud that The state will max"
a., some "r that 10y incroHSin" the
rurr. Iiut even that vii lm"t hc
ca irrly popular.
SOM" of the New York bankers
have suggested II >tin tax Om "i@iir-
ritrS. 10 show how ahNau'agrd
North Carolina i the Gotham fin.
anrirr~ have said that the whol"
state debt could h. financed 10y II
small charge on cigarettes. Win
>iun. Sulrm is very unwilling I" 80"
that adopted and WinS,"n-Snlrm
will play hy no means an inc' H.
SpicupI;S part IN the stat" lcgiSlH-
tiun. That city has II cndihntc for
speaker and hr says that h" will
Ir nominated And that great
town is Sponsoring governors yet
iu hr. ANYWAY. some new money
must br found. Aud Governor Me.
Lean isn't going 10 sanction just
ANYTHING IN the name of progress
unless there is substantially behind
the muvrmrHl.
Religious Legislation.
Sunr effort at religious lrgiSla-
ton i expected. North CHr0linh
, has been drrading II fight for many
years. The trouble j. expected 4"
take The form uf legislation aimed
al biulOgirS nnd other books which
are attacked 10y travclin. cvhn.r-
lists. At II late meeting of the state
literary umd historical association
S"Inr uf the speakers referred to re-
ligiHms intolerance and the effort
Ia shut Cn scientific books which
discuss the animal origin" of man.
And Sunday mt memorial meet
img nf the ElkS. Governor Morrison
took u film. AZ tn" d0cirimuricS. lie
,lrrlurrd the state would not sup
port such irachin. and he had little
! respect for professors who have pre-
tended Ia find some 'ncw system Of
christian philosophy" one of the
papers quoted him uS saying. No
body has been found who admits
any disposition to sponsor such leg
iSlaliOn. bui capital folks gct uneasy
over the many rumorS that they
hear. There l. much pulpitccring
over this subject and at least ~
North Carolina inwuS have had II
,iguruIlS hcrlimg om this subject
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