The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-01-02
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action on the problems confront
ing them.
Inaugural ceremonies Thurs
day, include a meeting OF the
outgoing and incoming governors
at the executive mansion at II
O'Clock, to be Joined by other
state officials, all with their
wives, forming a procession to
the auditorium. After the swear
ing in exercises, administered by
the chief and associate justices
of the supreme court, and the
governors message, the states
official family, from a stand, will
review the parade by Fayette-
vile street of military and must
cal units here for the occasion,
under command of Adjutant-
General j. VanB. MettS.
The governors reception at
the mansion Thursday evening
from 8 to 10 o'clock will be fol-
lowed by the inaugural ball at
the auditorium, given under aus
pices of the Raleigh junior
league and attended by a bril-,
i liant assemblage of men and
women from all over the state.
The greatest problem facing
the 1888 General Assembly IS
that of finances. The state has
reached the point that balanc-
ing of the budget and funding
the debt. estimated at around
IS12,OOO,0OO, is the all important
item in it's program. The advls-
orv budget commission has work
J ed out a plan that is now being
reduced to the form of report
and prepared as the revenue and
Ia appropriations bills. subject to
the scrutiny of the incoming
governor. He has the authority
to adopt and submit the pro
gram to the General Assembly,
to adopt it in part. or to scrap
the whole business and submit
an entirely new program.
General belief is that Cover
nor-to-be Ehringhaus will ap-
prove the program in large part,
possibly substituting some items
lie has been carefully worked out
and appears to those who pre-
pared it as the best solution OF
the problem. 1t is also believed
| that the General Assembly will
follow it more closely than such
reports and recommendations
have been followed befoer, if to
that body it seems reasonable
and as satisfactory as any plan
that could be worked out. 1t
was the breaking away from the
program two years ago that was
largely responsible for the live
months session.
The 15-cent. ad valorem tax on
property will be removed. This
promised. The $3.50, 900
raised by that method will be
shifted to other forms of taxes
and allocated to income, fran
chise and license revenues. An
other Cutting to the bone" IN
all governmental activities for
the next two years will be made
These two processes are expect
ed to provide means for the
state to squeeze through the
next biennium, With the ever
presetn hope that conditions will
approach normal durign that per-
iod, when the PRESENT. or the
to-be revenue rates will be suf-
ficient. 1t will take squirming,
but the people are already dong
that.
Other matters will come up;
prohibition, with probably some
adjustment. at least, of the Tur..
lington law; consolidation OF
some state activities; considera'
ton of the proposed state con,
stitution; adjusting senat o r l al
districts and Reproducing rep
resentatives; free Or rental text
books; changing the marriage
laws; and there might even be
sales tax. although the budget
report apparently does not IN
clude one; and the other prob
lens now up or that will arise