North Carolina Newspapers

DOINGS OF CONGRESS What Our National Lawmakers Ar Doing Jrom Day to Day . j : The Senate accepted the proposi tion of the House of Representatives to increase the salaries of 'Senators, Members and Territorial Delegates ito $7,500 annually, and those of the Vice President, the Speaker of the House and members of the Presi dent's cabinet toj $12,000, This ac tion was taken by a vote of 53 to 21 and followed a duseusslon of near ly three hours An amendment con 'fining the increase to cabinet officers and the; presiding officers of the Senate and House, was voted down, as was also a . proposition to postpone the increase 'until 1913. Senator Beveridsre of Indiana, be gan an extended address setting forth the Child labor conditions of the country, in .support of his. pending bill prohibiting inter-State commerce in articles which are the product of from 3 oclock until 4:30 and gave notice that " he- would conclude- his, address Thursday. ' President I, Roosevelt 's message in support of the ship subsidy was re ceived and read by both houses of Congress. ' After the reading in the House, the message, was referred to the com mittee on; merchant marine and fish eries, from ! which a mail subsidy :measure has just been reported, in the Senate the message was sent to the committee on commerce. The President calls attention to the great desirability of enactment of legislation to help American ship ping and American trade by eucour aging the building and running of lines of large and swift steamers to South America and the, Orient. Tor An Increase of the Navy. . An appropriation of about $95, 000,000 is provided for in the naval arvrvrriTYriflfrmn Vnll no-rapil imnn V-v tVi r r . r "-tr House committee on naval affairs. TVif lvll nrnvi il oe fnp an nlf1?ifvnil battleshiD of the tvrse agreed iirjon in i tf i 3 A the naval appropriation bill of last - L T4- t i : s vciii. li aiau mattes pruvisiuii lur two torepdo : boat destroyers and appro priates $2,000,000 for submarine. This $2,000,000 is additional to the $1,000,000 : for submarines provided in the bill last year, which has not . yet been ; expended. Provision is made for about 3,000 additional sail ors, and 900 additional marines. The new battleship provided for in the bill is to be a sister ship of the monster authorized b Congress last year, which the bill requires should "be a first-class battleship, carrying as heavy armor and as powerful ar mament 4b any known vessel of -.its class, to have the highest practicable speed ; and greatest practicable radius of action." The cost of the new bat tleship is estimated at $10,000,000. .. I IV0.bolish. Pension Agencies. llSaousie voted to abolish all p msion agencies throughout the cc uritry, 18 id number, and centra lize ;the payment of pensions in the ci ty jdf Washington. This ection was taken on the pesion appropriation bill after spirited opposition on the part of those having pension agencies ir their States. By a vote of 53 to 114 an amend u enjt ' offered by Mr. Dalzell, of F enjisylvania, restoring the number o' agencies to IS as at present, was defeated, and then an amendment effefed by Mr. Gardner, of Michi gan consolidating all the agencies in one was adopted without division. The pension appropriation bill carrying-$13800Q,00Q" in round numbers was parked. A message from the President was read relative to insurance, and at 2:30, out of respect to the memory of the late Senator Alger, of Michi gan, the House adjourned. . A Brief Session. The Senate was in session Satur day only for a little more than an hour, the early adjournment being taken to permit attendance on. the funeral of the late Senator Alger. A few bills of minor importance were 'passed, but most of the time of the sitting was devoted to the further dis cussion of Senator HaleV resolution providing for an inquiry into the per sonal interest manifested by naval officers in the navy personnel bill. The resolution - was ultimately refer red to the committee on naval affairs. The Chald Labor Law. , wtuaiur JDevenuge occupied me at tention of the Senate throughout the day with a continuation of his argu ment in ehalf of his' child labor bill. He had but reached the legal and con stitutional phases of the question after speaking for more than four hours and arrangement was made whereby he will Continue. In taking the position that as to power. Con gress could ferpisff snv nnwpr it saw i . j r - nt on xnter-State commerce, Mr. Bev e ridge met a fussilade of questions by his colleagues, and his progress in argument was slow. While he said the power to regulate was absolute, he maintained that the question of policy would always restrain any hurtful regulations. f Mr. Beveridge stated that three fourth of the cotton factories of the South were opposing the bill, that the railroads of the South were op posing it and that the eoal mine op erators of the South were opposing it." Hejpresented an illustrative map showing the location of the oppos ing industries, and said that in an ticipation" of this weighty opposition he should devote the major portion of his speech to setting forth evi dence of the depferable conditions he had pictured. This evidence, he said, was all sworn to and in the ferm of arnaavits. - THE N. C. LEGISLATURE What Our State, Lawmakers are Do ing Raleigh. Railroad Hearing. Intese interest was shown in the hearing on the railway regulation and rate bill by the Senate and ; House committee. The Senate chamber was packed with people. The following railway officials: President . of the Southern Railway W. W. Finley; Vice Presidents A. B. Andrews and Culp, and General Manager Ackert, General Counsel Thomas, Passenger Traffic Manager Hardwiek, Freight Claim Agent Hooper, and Comptrol ler Plant all of the Southern, were present. Second Vice President Se vier, General Counsel Watts, Gener al Superintendent Hix, of the Sea board j General Passenger Agent Craig, General Superintendent An derson, Assistant General Counsel Elliott, of the Atlantic Coast Line; Vice President Stagg, Traffic Man ager Cheatham, Treasurer Duke, Gen eral Counsel Fuller, of the Durham & Southern ; General Manager Nich ols, General Passenger Agent Reid, of the Carolina & North Western; of the Aberdeen & Asheboro, President Henry Page, of the Norfolk & West ern, William A Guthrie; of the Ral-. eigh & Southport, President Mills, were also there. Senator Graham presided, Chair man Yount, of the House committee, sitting with him. Speaker Justice sat near Chairman Graham and acted as grand inquisitor. Chairman Gra ham, said the question to be discuss ed this afternoon was whether the passenger rate should be reduced and to what extent. Mr. Finley Speaks. President Finley, of the Southern, was the first speaker, and made an excellent impression. Speaker Jus tice plied him with questions; He said that if the Legislature - would make the passenger rate 3 cents straight, with no second-class fare, the Southern was t willing to accept it. He declared he could see no rea son for reducing the rate to 2 1-2 cents here. He did not oppose the regulation of railways by the Legis lature, hut he did not believe in Leg islatures administering railway af fairs. The present trouble, he said, is not of rates but of lack of facili ties for the business man or the pro duger to reach his market. He said the Southern had no financial con nection with the South & Western. General Passenger Agent Ryan, of the Seaboard, was the next speaker He .was loaded with figures about the passenger rates in various States,, to show that in States where rerhm- Mof? had been "made ;uaacrea6e in xravf -was not so great as had been expected and that .the loss to the companies was not made up. House r Committee Endorses Anti- Pass Bills. This same committee held a hear ing on two bills. Graham's and Jus tice's regarding newspaper passes. Graham says his bill is not intend ed to affect newspapers. Justice says his bill puts newspaper people on the same footing as other folks. His bill is the one mainly considered. Graham's bill is the inter-State com merce bill with the provision that this shall not conflict with the State law. Speeches were made by Messrs. H. A. London,- John M. Julian, W. C. Dowd, Rev. J. O. Atkinson, Archi bald Johnson and Representative Ja cobson in favor of the amendment offered by the Press Association. Speaker Justice was present, asked numerous questions and insisted up on the endorsement of his position by the- committee. Several members of the House committed took a keen interest in propounding questions to Press Association representatives. At the conclusion of the argument the committees went into executive ses sion. The result was that Justice was sustained by a vote of 6 to 5 by the House committee. The Senate com mittee unanimously decided not to interfere witn the present law, thus allowing editors to retain their pres ent rights in this regard. : Pass,, Third Reading. Bills passed third reading: Regarding the graded schools at Plymouth. To separate prisoners with tuber culosis from other prisoenrs in coun ty jails. To take from magistrates juris diction of cruelty to animals and give : to the Superior Court.. To reduce fees and pay of county officers of Johnston. To amend the law regarding land entries by requiring both parties to give bond when protest is filed. To give flume companies the right of eminent domain over a strip over 16 feet wide and making them com mon carriers, subject to regulation by the corporation commission. To prohibit non-residents from the State frcm gathering clams, oysters and tajrapins in Brunswick county To regulate fees of jurors in Edge combe. : ' To amend the law regarding the passage of fish in the Cape Fear and North rivers To appoint M. M.-Bullard a magis trate in Grady township, Pende county. - "Dope Bill" Killed. The House on Friday killed the soft-drink bill, popularly known as the "dope, bill." In the Senate a number of bills were' passed' to se cond and third reading, and about the usualrnumber of local measures were introduced in both houses. The committee agreed solicitors ' salaries $2,100. Bills Ratified. To give the United States exclu sive jurisdiction over lands on which there are public buildings of the government. To except Anson county from the law prohibiting the throwing of saw dust in streams. Abolish the March term of On slow court; also joint resolution giv ing the Senate committee on the rail roads and the House committee on public service corporations power to send for persons and papers pertain ing to passenger triffic and freight rates. IN THE HOUSE. Dillingham's Bill. Dillingham's bill, introduced , is one of the most important before the Legislature, and 300 copies of it are ordered , printed. It is understood that this bill is recommended by the Senate and House committees on edu cation after a Ions' and careful con sideration, and it carries out the views of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction as expressed in his report ; also the views of the State Labor Commissioner; the North Caro lina Teachers' Assembly and other organizations. It provides that the qualified voters in any district, town ship or county may petition the coun ty board of education asking that compulsory attendance be ordered from any school or schools and the board, if it finds the petition has been signed by a majority of such, voters, may in its discretion, order compulsory attendance. The board may, upon such petition, hold an ele tion submitting to the voters of su district, townshio or count v the oue tion of such compulsory attendance, designating the time, appointing election ' officers and advertising the fact 30 days before such election, which would be held mainly under the general law governing elections, the expense to be paid out of the school funds, and if the majority is in favor of campulsory the board shall order it upon the school or schools named found that the enrollment in any school or" any district for the preced ing year has been less than 60 per cent., or that the average daily at tendance ha3 been less than 85 per eent. of the school census, the board of educators in the county shall have the power in its discretion, without petition or election to order compul sory attendance upon such schools. Shall Compel Attendance. Every parent or person having con trol of the child over 8 and under 14 years of age, shall cause such child to attend the public schools in its dis trict for 16 weeks in each school year, such year beginning July 1st and ending June 30th, unless the parent j)persOT-avingcontrolv'fehows that the child has received eiescwhere dur ing the year regular: instruction for 16 weeks in the studies taught in the public school. Children over 12 shall not be subject to this employment when lawfully employed at labor at home or elsewhere. Violation of this last section in a misdeamor, pun ishable by a fine cot less than $5 or more than $25. Winborne introduced a bill to amend the constitution by extending the operation of the "Grandfather Clause" to 1918. (The Republican State platform demanded an exten sion only to 1912.) Pass Third Reading. The folowing bills Daased third reading: . To ineorprate Mortimer, Caldwell county. - To restore the dogs of Franklin county their ancient immunity from taxation. (Buckett, introducer of this bill, making a humorous speech in advocacy ot it.) To amend the prohibition law of Johnson so owners of vineyards and orchards can make and sell in quan tities not less than a quart, wine and cider of their own manufacture. To provide for the election by vote of the people of the commissioners of Vance county. To amend the charter of Roanoke Rapids. To add "Davidson county to the anti-jug law of 1905. To amend the charter of High lands, Catawba county, and extend its boundaries. To prevent trespassing on the lands of another in Bertie, and to protect deer there. To provide for the payment of ju rors, allotting dotfer. and widows' al lowances. To amend the acts of 1905 so as to pay special veniremen in Colum bus and Onslow $1 per day. Speaker Justice's bill to enlarge the powers' of the corporation com mission regarding public service rail ways was ordered printed and made a special order for Saturday noon. Liberal to Veterans. The Legislature is going to be even more liberal than was expected to the' Confederate veterans. ' The- Iwanmit' tees on pensions will, it is learned, Saturday, recommend a bill carrying $450,000 annually, this being an in crease of $175,000 over the present annual "appropriation. The commit tees from the first manifested a very liberal spirit. A favorable report is made on the Senate bill making 10 years' separa tion a cause for absolute divorce. Sev eral lawyers appeared in favor of the bill, which covers only a. few cases, one or ' two being perhaps notable. Many of this kind have been intro duced in past years to cover a parti cular case, and only a few-years ago there were some notable instances of this. Pass Third Reading. The following bills passed fhird reading: To revise the eharter of Lexington . To appropriate $20,00d additional to the Jamestown .Exposition, mak ing the total $50,000. To-amend the eharter of the South & Western Railway, so as to give it the power to condemn land on the right "of way of other railways which out necessary for the use of the latter. Washington Treatre Burned. Washington, Special. The Acade my of Music, at Ninth and D streets, northwest, was almost completely gutted by fire of unknown origin which broke out about 5 o 'clock Thursday morning. A number of of fices were located in the buildiug, as TP3S also the Spencerian Business Col lege. None of these were damaged by fire, ; but were flooded by water, the fire being confined to the stage and auditorium of the theatre. The loss is estimated at $30,000. The building was insured for $75,000. EFews Notes. The French chamber of depu'det adopted a bill providing for automat ic divorces. The assassin of William Whiteley, proprietor of the' first department store in London, has been indentilied as Horace George Hayner, a former school teacher. Senator Hale introduced a resolu tion ordering an investigation of an alleged " lobby" of naval officers. The delegates to the labor . confer ence at Belfast,. Ireland, rejected by an overwhelming majority a socialist ic declaration of principle. Senor Maura has formed a conser vative Spanish cabinet. The naval appropriation bill was reported to the house without any provision for the proposed mammoth battleship. The interstate commerce commis sion, reporting on its coal investiga tion, is severe on the Baltimore and Ohio and other roads. LABOR AVOKL.D. Boilermakers at Norfolk, Va., are on strike for a wage increase of twenty-five cents a day. The strike of the Toronto (Can ada) piano workers Is over, and the men returned to work uncondition ally. Factories in Japan do not stop work on Sundays, but usually the 1st and the 15th of each month are holi days. Findlay,. Fostoria and Tiffin, three enterprising cities, of the JBuckey$ State, have forged, a tri-city' labor congress. vXfc . The Ybungstown (b.) cement workers are on strike: They are re ceiving $2 for a nine-hour day and ask S2.25. ' At .the end of the third quarter of 1906 the British Amalgamated Ship wrights' Society had total reserve funds of $700,000. Labor organizations of America have gained 1204 new unions this year, embracing a membership of 300,000 individuals. The entire plant of the Chicopee Manufacturing Company, Chicopee, Mass., is closed by a strike o'f 700 Po lish .operatives, 4who want more pay. The1 hours of labor in Belgium are very long. .The laborer commences wor,k at 6 a. m. and ceases work at 7 p. m.t with the usual breaks for meals. The National Association of Postal Clerks numbers over 12,000 mem bers, and the Chicago (111.) branch alone has over 1200 names on its roster. An advance of two "and a half per cent, in wages of the men employed in the sheet and tin plate mills of the United States Steel Corporation has been announced at Pittsburg. International Steam Shovelmen's Union has formed a local of all steam shovel workers in Oakland, Cal. HAELS OF CONGRESS. The Fortifications Appropriation bill was passed. The House passed a bill authoriz ing St. Louis to , construct a bridge across the Mississippi River. A bill authorizing thevPresident to send the supply ship, Ceftic with re lief for the people of Jamaica was passed. The Senate passed the La Follette bill forbidding railroads to work em ployes more than sixteen consecutive hours in twenty-four. The House Committee on Appro priations reported the pension bill carrying an appropriation of $138, 138,500 for 1908. A Senate committee hinted at im peachment when Secretary Hitchcock persisted that he had authority to ignore an act of Congress. Congress has been asked by the Interstate Commerce Commission to authorize experiments by the Govern ment with safety devices for rail roads. N Senator Whyte . spoke against en- croaenment Dy the Federal Govern mentm the powers of the States, and" Selator, Kittredge attacked the Lumber Trust. An amendment to the Legislative bill increasing the salary of the Vice President, Speaker and Cabinet mem bers to $12,000 and of Congressmen to $7500 a year was adopted. , Senator Depew,! introduced a bill authorizing any national bank to be designated as a , depositor of public moneys. Under existing, law no bank with less than $5 00 00 capital can be so designatec.. J? J The Senate ''bills providing for a reorganization of the artillery corps, for an investigation of wonlen and child workers, and prohibiting cor porations from making money con tributions in connection with politi cal elections were passed. . CiBLDRENS TWO DAYS OF, SCHOOL. Neddy went to school first day, Taiiidly yet gladly. At recess he watched the play ' yji xne otners sadly. - 'School's &. horrid place, indeed!'- f Neddy sighed, in sorrow, . ' w I don't want to learn to read ' m I'll etay home to-morrow!" j, r Neddy went to school -next day, ' After much rebelling. Children asked him out to play, Teacher praised his spelling, , "School's a pretty jolly spot, After all!" laughed. NeddV. "My! but just think what a lot 1 have learned already!" Young .Evangelist. CINDERELLA IN INDIA. " Once upon ; a time there was a Hindu rajah who had an only daugh ter. This girl was born with a beau tiful golden necklace encircling her throat. This necklace, the priests and wise men declared, was the soul of the princess, and if it were taken off and worn by another the princess would die. 1 Once rn the occasion of his daugh ter's birthday, the rajah presented her with a pair of slippers, studded with pearls and diamonds. The princess went into the mountain to gather flowers, and while stooping one of her slippers dropped off and fell into the forest below. A prince, who was hunting in this forest, nicked up the lost slipper. Noticing its smallness and rare beauty, he desired to make the owner his wife. This wish of the prince was made known throughout the empire, and although great wealth was prom ised to any one bringing information concerning the owner pf the slipper, no one appeared to claim it. The prince became very unhappy. He gave up all his pleasures and de voted his life to the search. NORWEGIAN BABE After many months had passed without success some people from the rajah's country heard of the princes' desire and told him where the princess who owned the slipper could be found. The prince visited her, and finding her lovely beyond his hopes, a royal wedding quickly followed. Some time after another wife of the prince in India a prince has many wives being jealous 'of the new wife, stole her golden necklace and put it around her own neck. The rajah's daughter died, but her body did not change, nor her face lose its bloom and life-like beauty. She lay in state in the royal palace, where every day the prince went to see her. He loved her as ardently as when she was alive, and called the wise men from far and near to tell him why this was so, and why no change came over the face and form of his loved companion. The wise men could not give any reason that satisfied the prince. He never would have known the truth had it not been for a little serving maid who, dearly loving the princess while she lived, was found one day weeping by hebier when the prince arrived to mourn her loss. This little maid told the prince of the theft of the golden necklace, and also the secret of its . wonderful power. The result of her story was that the woman who stole the, neck lace was put to death. The necklace was placed around the neck of the deal princess. At its restoration her soul was reborn in her, she came to life, and, happy in the prince's love and devotion, lived a. long life of happiness and usefulness. Washing ton Star. THE WISENESS OF LADY BELLE. "I guess horses don't know much," Ellie said thoughtfully. She was on the front seat with Uncle Colin. . Aunt Faith and little Hop o' Thumb were on the back seat. Suddenly Uncle Colin pulled on the reins and said, "Whoa, Lady,'' and there they were stopping right in the middle of Nowhere! not a house anywhere near, not even a store or a schoolhouse. "Why, what are you stopping here for, Uncle Colin?" cried astonished Ellie, and Hop o' Thumb echoed, 'Toppin' here for?" from the back seat. Even Aunt Faith looked sur prised. wFor you to get out," answered i DEPARTMENTi Uncle Colin calmly. "We can't takar her any further, can we, Lady Belle?, Not a young person that says horses, don't know much." "Oh!" laughed Ellie, as if she un derstood. But he hopped out and ran up to the big- gray nose, and reached up on tiptoes to rub it. "I'm sorry I said it, honest I,am Lady' she said. "You know some thing. Now, will you let me ride the rest o' the way to town? She's .bow ing her head, Uncle Colin! She says I may!": And Ellie camfi rnnninsr gayly back and climbed up on the front seat again. A litle way ahead there was quite a steep hill a "steepish" one, Ellie said. Lady Eelle crept down it very cautiously, picking her steps with the greatest care. She would not trot even near the bottojn. "Mercy! what a slow coach oh, 1 forgot! Excuse me, Lady Belle. But, honest, I could run down such a little hill as this is, even if 'tis icy ,n' I've only two legs 'stead of four! Besides, Lady Belre's got 'creepers' on her boots, hasn't she. Uncle Colin?" "Yes, but they need sharpening. We'll go to Shoemaker Ben's, Lads; Belle. Then we'll see!" "Ho!" laughed Ellie, "Lady Belle won't know they're sharp! That'a what I meant by saying horses dont know oh!" Ellie clapped both little red-mtitened hands over hec mouth and laughed again. "Whoa, Lady!" began Uncle Colin solemnly. Then he relented. , !'No, you needn't this ,time. We'll go on and show this young person in an other, way that it isn't horses that don't know much." In front of the blacksmith's shop there was a very slippery place in- AND ITS STEED. deed, and it seemed to Ellie-that Lady Belle hardly moved at all, she crept so slowly over it. But, when all four of shoes had been "sharp ened" and they were starting away, how she did fly over that long slip pery stretch of road! How she didn't creep mercy, no but held her head high in the air and pranced along as merrily as you please, not in the least afraid of slipping! Just as if she knew her shoes had been "sharp ened!" - "Why, I b'lieve she does! ' thought Ellie aloud. "I b'lieve she knows it as well as I do!" And just that minute it almost seemed as if Lady Belle turned her pretty gray head and. winked one eye at Uncle Colin! Annie Hamilton Donnell, in Zion's Herald. A COYOTE ROUNDUP. We have been requested to sug gest to the country people a coyote roundup. These animals are be coming so nu'merbus that many farm ers are complaining of their depre dations in their poultry. flocks.' ;. One coyote in a year's time will destroy many dollars' "worth of poul try and the bounty should be kept up sufficiently high to justify men taking the time to kill them in the spring. We presume the best way to handle a roundup would be for several to get together and select a leader and appoint a place of meet ing upon a certain day and then take in as much territory as the number of participants would justify. Hill City Republican. The Two Sides. Old Brother Trembly--"Yassah, I's gwine to git mar'd. Y6 see, I's an old man now, and I kain't 'spect to linger yuh much longer, and whea de end comes I wants to have some one to close muh eyes." r Brother Brownback "Dat's all right, sah. I 'plauds yo' zeal, but I dunno so much about yo' judgment. Dis yuh lady will be yo' fifth wife, won't she? Well-uh, I isn't had but two, muhse'f, but bofe o' dem done opened muh eyes yassah, dey done opened 'em goad and plenty!" Puck. ; Lord Radstock is one of the few; members of the British peerage who not only takes an interest in relig ious work but who deliver sermons themselves.