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THE HEADLIGHT.!
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
A. ?.:3:ov7:r, Editor and Proprietor
Goi.dsuoko, X. C Jan. 21, 1891.
SENATOR VANCE RE-ELECTED.
The L'isljitiire lias done itself
honor, strengthened its position
in the Semite, and attracted the
confidence of the country by the
election on yesterday, of Zebulon
15. Vance for a third term. Xo
public man in this State has ever
enjoyed the earnest affection, de
votion and trust which Senator
Vance lias deservedly attained.
From his first entrance into pub
lic life as a member of the Legis
lature, subsequently as a mem
ber of the House of Representa
tives for two consecutive terms,
then as Governor twice during
the civil war and afterwards in
1 SH(. ;md finally as Senator for
two terms, hehas steadily grown
in popularity and influence.
The purity of his private char
acter; his constant devotion to
the best interests of the State;
the success of his public career;
his standing before the country;
t he conspicuous ability which he
always exhibited in Congress, are
some of the reasons why he
should be regarded with the love
and faith of a people to whose
welfare he hasgi ven the best years
of an honorable and exemplary
life.
ABOLISH THE PURCHASE TAX-
There never was a more unjust
law on the statute books as the
purchase tax, and we hope this
Legislature will have the courage
to abolish it. There is no more
reason why merchants should
pay tax on what they buy than
manufacturers, founders, pub
lishers, farmers or .anybody else.
"We believe in equality to all, and
special injustice to none. The
merchant pays his ad valorem
tax like other owners of property
and that is enough. To place a
double tax on him and nob on
others, is legal robbery.
The purchase tax is not only
unjust but it makes the burden
on farmers and all consumers
heavier. The more taxes we place
on merchants the higher will be
the goods they sell. All such
taxes must finally be paid by the
consumer.
Moreover all unjust taxes have
a tendency to corrupt the people
by tempting them to make false
returns. Let this unjust law be
abolished.
THE GOVERNOR SHOULD NOT INTERFERE.
We see from the Raleigh pa
pers that the wives of Cross and
White, the Raleigh bank-wreckers,
are making strenuous efforts
to get their husbands pardoned
out of the Wake county work
house. The fact that these men are
well counected and have iniluen
tial and perhaps wealthy rela
tives and friends, should have
nothing to do with it.
If they are guilty as they have
been proven to be, their senten
ces were light enough, and they
should be compelled to serve
them out without showing them
any mercy. They are nothing
more than common thieves and
scoundrels. They have reckless
ly squandered the money entrus
ted to them by the people, there
by destroying the happiness of
many a home. They left widows
and orphans penniless in order to
satisfy their thievish wants.
They have no more right to
pardon, certainly, than the ne
gro who was put in the peniten
tiary for stealing a chicken. We
trust that every Legislator will
bear this in mind, and not be in
fluenced to sign any petition.
If Governor Fowle desires to
remove the stain about his grant
ing too many pardons to crimi
nals, now is the time to do it.
Let Cross and White remain
where thev are.
The General Assembly.
SENATE.
Sixth Day. The following bills
passed their final reading: In refer
ence to false pretenses ; to amend tiu
laws of 188!), -relative t0 Lenoir ai.d
Greene counties; to create the cflice
of timber inspector ; to amend .a c
tion ") of the private laws of 188.".
Skventh Day. Bills and reso
lutions were introduced ss follows:
To apportion the Public School
Fund among the school' population
of the Mute. To encourage me
chanical proficiency in this State.
Instructions to our Senators and
Representatives in Congress against
the passage of the Conger Lard Rill
and in favor of the i'addock Pure
Food Rill. The following bills push
ed third reading: Requiring butch
ers to keep books of registration ;
bill to amend election law so as to
close registration books at some defi
nite time; to amend section 2327,
chapter 9, of the Code, in regard to
killing stock on railroads in certain
counties. An act to amend the con
stitution, passed over.
Eighth Day. The following
bills and resolutions were introduced:
To amend law relative to cruelty to
animals; to enable the Y. M. C. A.,
of Wilmington, to issue bonds and
for other purposes. To pay .solici
tors an annual salary of $1,800,
passed under heated debate second
leading. Bill to exempt from mu
nicipal taxation the personal pro
perty of minor children recommitted
to Finance Committee. Resolution
offered on seventh day in regard to
the Conger Lard Bill, adopted.
Ninth Day. Bill to regulate
fees of Sheriffs and Constables in
claim and delivery of personal pro
perty, passed third reading. To pay
Solicitors an annual salary, passed
after third reading. Bill to license
the dealing in futures passed over.
Bill to encourage mechanical profi
ciency in the Mate, passed second
leading. Leave of absence was
granted to door keeper Ilinnant, of
Wayne, till Monday.
Tenth Day. The following
passed third reading : Resolutions
in regard to printing the Governor's
message adopted; to allow persons
to changy his or her name under ar
ticle 2, section 11, of the constitu
tion ; bill to regulate the sale of
corn in certain counties. To repeat
chapter 321, laws 1881), regulating
the sale of cotton seed. Adjourned
until Monday at 11 a. m.
Eleventh Day. The following
bills were introduced : To repeal
chapter 132, laws 1885, relative to
the manner of entering lands ; To
provide where offenders shall be pros
ecuted, in cases where a mortal wound
is inflicted on the high seas or within
the State where death occurs in this
State; To regulate and define fees of
otiicers in actions wherein claim and
delivery is resorted to; To establish
an industaial school for colored per
sons. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Sixth Day. The following bills
were introduced: To amend the
Code with regard to the bonds of
Constables. To increase the public
school tax to 10s cents on property,
and 50 cents on the poll. To pro
vide for aid to some disabled sol
diers. To prevent preferred debts in
cases of assignment; and in the set
tlement of estates. To give county
commissioners more power in regard
to the issue of liquor licenses. To
make count) officers inelligible for
more than two terms. To allow
county surveyors to take the privy
examination of married women in
dt-eds to land.
Seventh Day. The following
bills were introduced : Amending
the law in regard to disturbing pub
lic worship ; to define felony. To
dispose of the dead bodies of con
victs. Bill relative to obtaining ad
vances by false representation, mak
ing the punishment a line not over
$50, or imprisonment for not over
30 days, passed final reading. A res
olution instructing the committee
on education to thoroughly investi
gate the public school system with a
view of reducing salaries and various
expenses, was discussed and finally
referred to the committee on educa
tion. Eighth Day. The following
bills were introduced: To provide
for a tax of 25 cents a ton on com -mercial
fertilizers; to regulate the
term of office of county commission
ers ; to prevent dogs from running
at large. A bill increasing the pun
ishment for carrying concealed weap
ons, making the minimum fine 30,
or thirty days imprisonment, was ta
ken up and passed on second reading
after considerable discussion. Leave
of absence was granted ten members
by reason of sickness.
" Ninth Day. There was quite a
lively run of bills. Among the most
important of these are the following:
To establish an Agricultural and
Mechanical College for the colored
people, and to appropriate funds
therefor. To abolish the February
term of the Superior Court ; to pro
hibit the sales of pistols and car
tridges to minors. To prevent gam
hn? lit agricultural fairs. Tlie bill
! which passed its second reading yes
. unlaw increasing the minimum tine
I for currvinir concealed weapons from
'ill) to 30, was taken up and passtd
Rs final reading by a nearly uuani
j mous otc.
! Tenth Day. A resolution to
; designate the price lobe p:iia for the
j public printing at 85 per cent, of
the present price. ine ioi lowing
were the principal bills introduced :
For the relief of sheriffs, tax collec
tors and their representatives; to
regulate the shipment of timber out
of the State, and to add another
cause for divorce; to reduce the rate
of interest to six per cent. The fol
lowing bills passed third reading :
To compensate judges and canvass
ers of election at a rate not exceed
ing si per diem; a bill relative to the
meeting of the Supervisors of pub
lic roads from August to February.
An amendment forbidding the col
lecting of interest in advance was
then voted down, and the bill passed.
Adjourned until Monday at 11 a. m.
Eleventh I)AY.-The bill amend
ing the 'ode in regard to the ac
knowledment of deeds was taken up
and passed. It permits a person who
desires to make a deed in anotlur
county to do so without going to the
latter county. A bill was passed
amending the law requiring widows
who apply for support to apply to
two personal Representatives, the
change being that if the personal
Representative does not in ten days
make the application, the widow may
do so herself. A bill to enable the
law officers to break up gambling in
secret places, at fairs, and in fence
corners, was passed. The hill to levy
a tax of 25 cents on commercial fer
tilizers, after a heated debate passed
its second and third reading.
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NOTICE.
Having p.on;iiT Tin: kxtikk
Stork of goods in the stores former
ly oerupied by Messrs. Fuehth-r & Kern,
we will continue business at the old
stand, where we cliall be pleased to see
the pablie and solieit a fair share of their
patronage.
Pes pect full V.
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Is now prepared to receive on Storage at
their Commodious Ware-Houses
COTTON, FERTILIZERS
And all classes of Heavy Men-handiise, on
reasonable terms.
CASH ADVANCES
Will be made on Storage Certificates if
required.
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E. 1$. IIORDEX, or
II. WEIL.
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