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CHARLOTTE, DAILY OBSERVER, SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 1909. GOSSIP OF STATE CAPITAL By COL. FRED A. OLDS Observer Bureau, Holleman Building, Raleigh President IimM B. Dudley, of the negro Agricultural and Mechanical College, at Greensboro, Is a very In telligent man andteiks a very accu rate view regarding his race and Its relation to thu white people of North Carolina and what the latter has dona (or tha negro. We were talking about his school and he remarked that it had 170 students. He said that he made bold to say U was- he- best school of Its kind in the country. He sdded that he felt positive that In 1 North Carolina the negro race gets a better opportunity than any other State in all the United States. Ha says that this fact is known in the other States. Last summer he went to the training school at Harvard University at Boston and there met many negroes He found that thesj were there very largely as beggars for help for various schools in which they were Interested. He told them that he was no beggar and wanted no outside money: that his State North Carolina had supported the schools for his race, was able to do it and would continue to o it, and he told them very plainly further that In this State the "negro had a better chance, fairer treatment and more generous opportunities and aid on the part of the white people than anywhere in all this country and that no man in the State was prouder than he of the fact and of what the whites were doing to his people. He went to Mobile, as a commlsioner sent by Governor Olenn to a conference on the better ment of the negro race, and said that the delegates to this admitted freely North Carolina lead all the States In what It wag doing for the negroes, not only in respect to schools, but In the way of care of the InBane, the blind, deaf-mutes, orphans, etc. Pro fessor Dudley said that the common schools for the negroes are better here than elsewhere; that the normal training provided for them is superior, snd that his own institution, he con siders, as already said, the best there Is of this class. He said that other schools were glad to get his graduates and that at Booker Washington's school at Tuskeegee, Ala., there are five of them in the faculty. Presi dent Dudley went on to speak about the general work of the negro In North Carolina, calling attention also to the great denominational schools for his raoe, for example, Shaw Uni versity and St. Augustine's at Ral eigh. Biddle at Charlotte. Livingston at Salisbury, etc., and said several churches have established their largest negro schools In North Caro lina. The school for the negro blind end deaf-mutes at Raleigh he says he knows to be far superior to any Institution of this class In the United States and he makes the same decla ration as to the hospital for the in sane at Goldsboro. He says he does not fail to tell the people wherever he goes what North Carolina is doing for the negro and to pay a tribute to the white people here, as the truest and best friends the negro has anj where. It was a hard hit he gave the negroes he found at Harvard when ha said they were there to beg. One negro, who years ago had a so-called school at RalMgh, has been a beggar for a Quarter of a century and the money he has got from people in the North would have built a really great college. It is said he is still begging. The people in the community where he lives do not fellowship with him, 8nd so, like the Irishman's blackbird, he hag to "flock by himself." What President Dudley says, and says so well, ought to find lodgment In the hearts of any of his race who may think what the white people, who rep resent 90 per cent, or more of every thing In North Carolina, are doing (or the blacks. It is a fine record, to be sure. which doesn't mean at all what they think It does. One girl worshiper here told a lady she hoped in time to be able to jump so high as to go out the window and that the higher she leaped the holler she was. Then, too, there was a boy, 16 years old, who spoke In the "unknown tongue," as these deluded people call It, and who stated that when ho was only 13 years old he hd been drunk: repeating this over and over again with satisfaction because he coupled It with the state-. ment that now he was holy. The writer has made it a sort of rule of life to see everything there is to be seen, and it ia perhaps well to take In the seamy side as well as that one which the general public views, and so In the slums of the greatest cities on the continent days and nights have been spent, under' proper guidance, in seeing how, what a friend calls, and very aptly, too, the "under world" lives. This is a time of con trasts, but surely no change could be sharper than that in going from a stately church, a standing monument to man'G adoration of Qod and his be lief in Htm, into a miserable building, windowless and almost doorless, to find there in the half-light of kero sene lamps, people groveling upon the floor, tender children among them, victims of the so-called Holiness craze. And this In Raleigh. -Standing there were idle spectators, who, llko the Athenians In St. Paul's time, run after every new thing; here and there thWse who. like the writer, went to see and not to so much condemn as to pity, and there, too, were business men, looking nt the half-frenzied wor shipers, whose contortions and fre quent jerks of the head seemed al most to mark them as epileptics. The boundary In their case between re ligion and epilepsy Is very close, in deed, and, to be sure, the one must breed the other Inevitably, as the April showers the greenery of summer time. A business man, an employer of many of the people who made th house fairly reek with that odor which breathes of the mill, the kitchen end the person, could only deplore the fact that such things as this demor alize labor, while members ot churches, looking on with pitying eyes, could only hope that some day these deluded people would see their folly and that their leaders, who not Infrequently speak of pastors as devils and false leaders, might, by the grace of God, see things as they are. These religious epileptics think themselves a class apart and that they need little to care for this world's affairs: that they will be looked after. In some sections these Holy people have gone In for free love by another nam. They have ben driven out from various sections of the State, but they hare quite a footing; more among the f . whites than among the blacks. A great deal of their work appears to be among the young, much of l with little girls. Many white people have ridiculed the negroes for jthjelr eno- -"Vbhal religion, ; but this is 'in part at least a recollection of eld African' cer emonies, etc., tot after what one can see here nightly, and perhaps in ether places In the State, too, nothing can be said in criticism of the negroes, for surely emotion can go no further than it does here among the Holy Jumpers, as they are known. . These "isms" from time to time spring up. Away ' tack there was the Shaker movement. These people had their strange dances, taking the rule for this from some line in tie Bible, and so the Holy ampere take the cue for their line .of effort from s vera in the-Bible, Near Raleigh there yet, fortunately, remain some very large tracts of timber land, some virgin, containing Immense oaks and pines, though, to be sure In general, the axe and the sawmill have been very busy In this part of the State, as In others. In these big woods, which are west of the city, there have been, certainly since 176. wild dogs, which have gathered there from Raleigh and the country, too, and have; come to be a sort of a breed among- themselves hybrids, looking very like hyenas, having that unhealthy, blotched hair and reatlean avDresalon of eve and movement. These dogs go in bands sometimes, and once, west of the State fair grounds, they absolutely attacked people late one afternoon and had to be beaten off. The last day of the hunting season, February 27th. the writer took a concluding rabbit hunt, with a very tine pack of dogs, and spent a delightful afternoon in this sport. The rabbits were in fine fettle and gave some splendid runs. One which was started in a reed swamp set like a streak of green in the dens woods, made a great run, with the hounds after him, but optpaced them and was returning to his bed. the dogs being quite far behind, but hot on the trail and their mimic Bounding glorl ously through the aisles of the woods, when suddenly, as the rabbit entered a fairly open space, down a slope towards the reeds, two of the wild dogs, which literally seemed to drop from the sky, burst upon him, almost at right angles, and like a flash rabbit and dogs were mixed up. At this Instance the owner of the pack with which we were hunting ran up and at sight of him the wild dogs ran like the wind, disappearing as quickly as they had appeared, while he picked up the rabbit. At first as he ran up he thought they were his own dogs, and so did we. who were across the hollow looking at the chase. A score of years ago one of these packs of wild dogs invaded a suburban dairy here, bit many of the cows and the latter had all to be kill ed. Some of the dogs were mad. There were ore or two battue hunts after the dogs and various litters of puppies were found in stumps and In holes In the ground. They have been known to Invade poultry yards and kill every fowl, and once they killed a score or more of turkeys. The insurance companies. In their annual report of business In this State for 1908, make a showing whlcU varies widely. Some of them paid out more in losses than they received in premiums, as a matter ot fact four teen of them did this. This applies to fire insurance companies, which, in the main, havj reported, for not many of the life companies have as yet sent in their reports. The receipts of the Hartford Fire were 1117,533, and they paid In losses $72,529. The Liverpool, London and Globe received (110,106 and paid out $50,875. The Home, of New York, received $96,076 and paid $72,997, these reporting the largest amount of premium receipts. It .Is said, however, that in the aggregate aM the fire companies paid out several hundred thousand dollars more than they received. All of which goes to show that 1908 was what the Insurance men call a "hot year." In the way of premium receipts the New York Life took in $849,757. The home companies, now becoming so numerous, did quite a good business, when the panic time Is taken Into consideration. buildings, none of them small, are under construction, shows what a wonderful amount of attention Is be ing given the insane. It must be re membered thU one building has Just been completed at the Morganton hospital and that last autumn one was finished at the Raleigh institution. All goes to show that the Insane are re garded as the first wards of the State and hjs being the most annealing class. The fact tha-t the State has at -thia session of the Legislature been able to do so much for these unfortunates is more than gratifying. Everybody reads The Charlotte Ob server. It is simply amazing to know how many letters one gets about ar ticles in It. Three series of articles in The Observer during the past few months have brought this writer, who wrote them, some 250 letters, these being about eastern North Carolina, Including the waterway, etc; the old towns and their history; the Croatan Indians and the Cherotees. Letters have come from Mexico, fnm China and from Honolulu, and all the writers said they had read The Ob server It must be a delight to tht! management to have so widely read a paper ana it le certainly a delight to me w riter to ue allowed to address s wide an audience. In this direction It is Interesting to know that the pi I gnms wno made the noted tour through the inland waterway during the Chrlaunas holidays are solemnly rieagea to make It again next Christ mas, and my good friend, that hard worker, ( apt. Earl I. Brown, of the united States engineers, who is put ting his mind so fully Into the big cut which the dredges are making, be tween Adams creek and Core creek, hard by old Beaufort Town, is very confident that where we walked last year we will ride next time. Excel lent progress is being made in the work. The contractors have good plants and the open winter and the conditions generally have favored them. During the summer a trip will be made to see this work and a little story about It will be told at that time, and then to be sure there ought to be a capital one next winter. entertainingly and aniy and remarks that he is the same Democrat there he was in Raleigh, but that nearly every one in Shanghai regards the election of Mr. Taft t the presidency as a happy event. He notices that Mr. Taft has been making some happy and sensible statements regarding the negro question and sas in that part of the world Mr. Taft is thought to be a very sound man and one who llnH tit fiJL n fhlnL-tn. IV..., him thoughts are conservative and w!I1 be well spent upn It in this way. not be expressed in stormy fashion. There were fewer political clashes j than ever before and what was done was on a high plane. Two years hence j It seems very reasonable to suppose that the Legislature will provide for a very noble tftate building, to occupy the same relation to the Capitol that the Senate and House buildings, Just, completed at Washington, do to Ihn national Capitol. This Is given as : the sole reason for not letting the Agricultural Department erect Its own building this time and of the refusal of the State to underwrite Its bonds to the amount of $100,000 Many members told me they wanted all th' land saved, so that In lieu of the present Agricultural Building and the Supreme Court the State could have a very splendid and spacious structure along fine architectural lines, and cer tainly a very strong commission has been named by the Legislature to consider this matter and report in j that the Capitol itself will not be enlarged. It ought to be reno- , vated and $25,000 or even tSO.OOOl ford, Wayne, Bertie, Currituck. Union, Warren, Montgomery. Macon, Ashe. Graham. Mitchell, Guilford. Caldwell. Clay. Robeson. Polk. Tran lvanla. Beaufort and Ran dolph will use vomicts. Improved rrarhinery. ef , and there will aailao!(. the services of expert highway engineers, both of the United states and the State. The flght upon the Audubon law was rather a surprise to most people and some observant members of the Legislature were asked to analyze It. They replied that there were a lot of people In various counties who think that the game belongs to them and that they can hunt and fish Just as their great-grandfathers did and must not be hindered in any way. These people resent the posting of land and any regulation whatever, neither knowing or caring that the game belongs to the State and not to them. Then, too. the assertion was made that in some counties the game wardens had not been men of high position in their communities. This was taken as another ground of iffence. Yet a third occasion to throw off on the law was the presence In the State of hunters from other States, who have to pay a gun tax. Of course, there were people who de clared that the law was made for the benefit of these outsiders, so as to nave plenty of birds for them to kill, whereas, the natives kill a thousand birds were the outsiders kill one, and further still there were some peop'.e who had their eye on the gun tax for the schools. It will readily be seen how dlscouragJngr all this was to Sec retary Gilbert Pearson, of the Audu bon Society, who has given years of his life to this line of effort. If North carotins aoes not protect her game While some work has been done in the way of exploration of Indian mounds in th's State, yet not one In a hundred has been .investigated. I remember a couple of years ago, at Newbern. heme told by mv friend. Col. John D. Whitford. that when the Atlantic & North Carolina Railway was being constructed by the State, a little before the war began, he had expected to open, using a large num ber ot slaves, two or three immense Indian mounds lying along the Trent river, near Newbern, but in some way was prevented from doing this. These mounds are among the largest In the State and very probably were for burial and ceremonial purposes. Tho greatest work done In North Carolina in the way of opening mounds was In the Cherokee country, mainly by the late Mr Mann S. Valentine, a wealthy enthusiast, of Richmond, Va. I was his guest some years ago there and saw the collection, which filled the basemen; of his Immense resi dence and embraced thousands of specimens. It had been said by some people that he had been "faked" as to a large part of this pottery, etc.; In other words that a mound had been "planted," but when In the Cherokee country last summer Uncle David Owl, the policeman of the tribe, or band, told me everything was all right; that the articles were really of genuine Indian manufacture and that he had seen several of the mounds opened. We passed by one, which stood very near an Indian council house, which had been deserted for a Rood many years. Only the other day an Indian mound was opened at Fuquay Springs and a little girl was the cause of this opening. Her name Is Myrtle Cutts. and she found the mound near her father's house Her friends helped her dig into it and many curiosities were found deposited! some distance below the surface. I Among them was an Image of the rudest sort, showing the body (with out legs) of an Indian idol, with rough arms and a strange head, thlg-being used as an object of worship. This she has sent to the writer and it has been placed in the Hall of History. The State has nothing like it and It Is really quite an acquisition. Tho writer will go to Fuquay Springs and see the other objects which were taken from this mound. North Caro lina would do well to pay more atten tion to the history of her Indians. The mere fact that there were over seven ty tribes in the State and that only two of these remain (if the Croatans can be called a tribe) tells the story. How many people could give the names of a dozen of these tribes. Usually streams divided them, with a different language on each side, but they had a -ommon cry and a com mon sign language and some common words, rather like what we nowadays call 'pigeon English." or what Is In the Northwest termed the "Chinook Jargon." When one reflects that now North Carolina gives half a million dollars to Its Confederate veterans besides what It spends upon those totally dis able and those at the Soldiers' Home, it is quite Interesting to hark back and see how small the first pension I a n nr o nr in r i-n una o n H Knu' trrtm that young man and has i .- ',, " .... K.. diiiaii i-K 1 11 ii i lis rai luniks iiam rome. Now there is a little pension. $6 a year, to the Inmates of the Sol diers' Home, to be used for little necessities really to give them pocket money. Heretofore those In the home had not had pensions, this rule being quite different from that prevailing among the boys In Blue. Speaking about China (and it may be remarked in this connection that Mr. Jernigan's sources of information are jxtenaive and accurate) he says: "There is no trouble in China and none need be expected. Fortunately the Regent is traveled In Europe and realizes that China cannot sleep any longer. He has taken hold of the government with a strung hand and has intelli gence and coura-e. Western Bovern- ments should .support him. especially at the outset of his administration, and encourage his pollcv as now be ing declared. The removal of Yuan Shi Kai was merited and the United States ouhi not to interfere In any sense. The Regent has the right to choose his advisers and Yuan betray ed his brother, the late Emperor." Speaking a:. out North Carolina Mr. Jernlgan says arn glad to know that North Carolina is going ahead so rapidly. My best compliments to the old State, with every good will. The new Governor Is the son of my late and old iriend. Kitchin. of Hali fax; a plain-epoken. honest man and as loyal as the North Star. Ask him to accept my lust wishes. He fought for his high office with admirable courage and will go higher still, I think." Never before In any legislative ses Bion has there been such dlin-usslon of the 20th of May question as there was this time. That ground had all heen walked over, now and then, hut never before had there heen an airing in the Legislature. The first time the date "May 20th. 1 776," was ever put on the flag was by a decree of the secession convention, which selected the flag and which put on it two dates this one and "May 20th, 1861 the date the State seceded When the war ended this State nag was seen no more, but a flag was used simply with a seal of the State (for North Caro lina has no "arms." properly speak ing), and this flag, which was simply a blue neld. with the seal In the centre and In circular form, was some, times painted, scrmetimes stamped ana sometimes embroidered. It was In use until 1 S S 5. when the present flag was adopted, having In place of "May 20th, 1861.'' the date of the Hal ifax resolves that is. "April 12th, 1776." The May 20th question will be pretty sure to crop up In some shape or other every yem or two and the advnca;e on either side are quite wrought up. THE STATE'S MAP COLLECTION. It may not be generally known, but It Is the fact that North Carolina Is the owner of so great a number of maps that It would hardly be believed. These are of all sizes and of all dates, extending from 1585 to the present. There are county maps, some as large protection plan years ago. as 8 feet by 6 feet, mounted on cloth she will be in the position of the New and kept in cases, and to-day copyists r-ngiana tsiaics wnicn grieve now were at worn on one of these of that they did not begin a complete I Cherokee county, which was made in 183 1 ana which is on a scale of 200 poles to an Inch. This particular map was made by a surveyor named Deaver. There are very poor facili ties for keeping the maps and they are stored in a room of the third floor of the Cspitol, known as the enroll ing clerk's office. It is found that some members of the Legislature are very much in favor of the United States taking en tire charge of the regulation of fish ing n all navigable waters, and that some are in favor ot national care ot public roads. The road question Is going to te a Digger issue four years from now than tt.ls at present; for the railways have reached the point where It Is demanded ' that the best facilities be afforded to haul products to or from them. The rdad system now is vile in most sections. On a recent ' trip In the mountain Country the Corporation Commission -had. the pleasur at being driven- over a plow ed road. In thla mire the vehicle went to the hub and the poor horseV Simply sweated themselves nearly to death. Never was there a better o re ject lesson of the roada which one sees in so many parts of the coun try. This was in- February. 'The writer had gone over the same road in August. There was stone all about but not an eunea ot it had ever been used on the road. It was ahiftlessnesa personified, XOBLE WORK FOR THE INSANE. The fact that at the three hospitals for the insane In this State seventeen In steel flllng-eases in the office of the Secretary of State are rows upon rows ot well-bound books which con tain the original acts of the Legis lature, these going away back. By the way the first meeting of the Legis lature, If It can be .-ailed that, was held under a tree not very far from Elizabeth City My late dearly be loved friend. Col Richard B Creecy. of Elizabeth City, used to tell with a great deal of relish about this and got for me a piece of the tree which he contended must have been the original one, though, of course, there were some odds against this, as that was very much more than 200 years years ago. But to return to the laws. Away back yonder they were written with quill pens, on ex ellpnt paper, snd the characters hut little changed from those In life In the time of Queen Elizabeth. T to a comparatively re cent period all these records were written, but new the tvpewriter does them. Since the typewriter came in a vast deal more attention has heen given to the accural v of the laws, and now they are read five times and at the bottom of each of them appear the checks to show this. Even after they are ratified they are gone over again to see If fvery mistake has been corrected and every change or amend ment properly made Even with all these precautions the public printer often finds mistakes In them and these have to he corrected by htm; of course, under the direction of the Secretary of State. The trlflirsK character of so much of the work done by a Legislature was never more plainly Illustrated than at the session which ended Tues day. The writer looked over every actt anft was simply amazed at the kindergarten character of most of these. Upon honor, three-fourths of them seem to be things for township settlement or by a county at most Charters granted for trifling thing:, under the Idea that a charter of the Legislature Is more valuable or of higher power than one Issued by the Secretary of State form a considerable; part of the mass of legislation Then there are such things as bills to pro tect muskrats In one county, while In another people are incited to de stroy these In all seasons. How a muskrat can be worthy of protection would be a puzzle to most people, cer tainly to those who have mill-pond or any dams to keep water from lands. of j Then there are bills to protect squir rels nere; to promote their being kilt er there, etc., not to speak of such The first move in the direction of forest conservation has taken place and It Is the beginning of what will soon, no doubt, come to be extensive. The United States Is at really too late an hour reserving forests that the Slate could well have begun long ago; but In those days people could not see ahead and could not realize what fire, the lumberman and the hog would do for so much of the timber. Another great movement which this Legislature had the honor of Inaugu rating was that of swamp land recla mation. About this there has from time to time been talk, but now ths first step and a big one, too Is taken In Florida a vast deal Is to be done In this direction and an area is to be drained and reclaimed there larger than all the British Isles to gether. The lakes there, like those in this State, are higher than the ocean, for example. Lake Okeechobee being a good many leet above the sea level. 28 in fact, and l lie canal will he cut thror.ih a rim of rotten limestone and the water will pour into the Atlantic ocean. Lake Mattamuskeet Is of tho same formation and so Is Lake Drum mond and botfc can be easily drained. Th- Legislature establishes a new f stem ,,t . Ussificatlun of the laws, S" that 'tifsp will public, public- l'"'a; ar,.l private giving three lasses instead of two Another wide step is the estahlisment of a card indy for gr.uits which will gVally slmpiwng .searches in the office of the Secretarv of State and obviate much handling of the old record. The extension of the stock law ter ritory is not as liiige as was expected, but covers the county of Moore and much territory In various counties,, which will facilitate the eastern move ment of the line within which ther j will be freedom from the deadlly Texas catt.e fev. r clue to the ticks. One of the la provides for the re funding at. 4 per cent . the old rate, of the State bonds which fall due next year, these not covering the North Carolina Railway, which are 6 per L'ent One a. t provides for pavment to the holders of any outstanding bonds of the W stern North Caro lina Railway, the same prlca a waa paid for the bonds of that class nnder the South Dakota Judgment of the) United States Supreme Court. Blls of a general character and not ' of the first importance are those da I signed to get at mortuary statistics) I by requiring the registration of deaths) , j In all towns having over 1,900 popu j lation. In order to get at accurate! ! statistics bi to crimes, a new law Imposes a penalty on clerks of tha ' Superior Court who fall to report j these from their dockets to the Atlor ney General. Another law rqu!re the holding of Inquests at the request , of solicitors, j For the first time a pension ts to b 1 paid to the Inmates of the Soldiers" Home, this being $6 annually. A good deal of attention was given auto-, mobiles for the first time and a la provides for their registration and identification, rate of speed, eto. The sale of narcotic drugs to habl- ruen ts romtaaen. this being designed to shut off very heavy trade In cocaine, morphine, etc , which has become a menace. The time for extending tha settlement of the 8tate debt that Is, for paying any outstanding bonds, ia extended to January 1st. 1911. A State board of optomery. before whom all Itinerant sellers of eyglasaes must appear. Is another new feature Weights and measures are required t be tested each two years, and for tha first time an inspection ts required Ot packed fish. As a rule a great number of rail ways are chartered at each session of the Legislature The number char tered at the ession Just ended is tha smallest in a number of years. Some .chapters are obtained from the Sec retary of State The roads which at this term have been granted charter are the Pamlico & Neuse River Rail way and Terminal Company; tho Laurlnburg & Southern; the Pee Dee Valley, the Union Power and Trans portation Company, the Denver & Llncolnton. the Smoky Mountain, tho Carolina Railway and Power Com pany, the Hlaw see, which Is to be from some point on the Caldwell & Northern to Boone, in Wautauga coun ty. Charters of tne same general class go to the North Carolina Public Service Company, which will operate electric cars over lines connecting various piedmont towns all manu facturing points. A merger Is au thorised In the counties of Ashe and Alleghany with the Virginia Southern Railway, which has been pushed to a point down near the North Carolina line. In the way of general legislation the chief feature was the budget for the State-aided institutions, every one of which was given a handsome In crease; the appropriation of half a million dollars to carry out fully the arrangement for complete provision lor all the Insane and enabling $230. 000 of borrowed money to be repaid and all the work planned carried out so as to provide ior an me cii- Itptlcs at Raleigh so far as the whites are concerned, and all the pa tients with tuberculosis at Morganton; also providing nurses' buildings and thowe for convalescent patients. Alto gether it is the greatest movement of the kind ever undertaken anywhere in the Soirth and marks a distinct de parture. The penitentiary was allow ed to use its savings, some $62,800 for 1908, In order to carry on operations during 1909, so as to be able to buy for cash and thus save money. Tha State took up for the first time tha drainage matter, passing a bill to es tablish a drainage district In and around Lake Matamuskeet. which Is the State's largest lake and a won derfully rich territory in Hyde county, and which has been called the garden spat of North Carolina. This Is an other very significant movement and marks the beginning of the very great work of reclaiming the richest lands In the State, all of which can be drained. Another bill gives power to form drainage districts and to make the land stand for the work done In the way of general railway legislation bills psssed allowing the corporation commission to order electric lights to be placed on locomotives whenever It considers this step proper, and to bet ter protect the earnings of railway employes engaged Jn Interstate busi ness by giving them the benefit of the exemption laws of this State regarding personal property in other words, the homestead la. Of extreme im portance is the bill, which, happily, became a law, providing that every school district In the State shall, if necessary, provide a special tax suf The writer's Judgment was correct about the public buildings namely, that the Legislature would not make any provision this time for any of these. There were three schemes and all failed. Two yetr. hence, if the advocates of the public buildings get together and "bunch their hits," as the baseball players say, something can be dona and-on a handsome scale, for this year there has been the blg g Wain oft tha' Stated-meeting the new bond Issue to take up the old 4 per cent.; providing for half a million dollars of hospital bonds and using every cent of the rsvenues for 109-'10, these having not been as large as in l07-'. as a great manyj-two years hence and intended to have Mtktulaata 1. Jm mmrmm . . . . t ... iifuiTB wivy wouiu oe. (one of ray moat valued correspon dents is Mr. Thomas R. Jamlgan, who f6r a score of rears has lived In the far East, in China or Japan, and who r tne paat Bfteen rears has lived at Shanghai, China. He writes always and for the interest of the whole State. sale of liquor within a certain dis tance of such and such a church or school house. The people who get the latter class of bills up must be still voting for Henry Clay for Presi dent, so fsr are they behind the times. ridiculous bills as those to forbid the J ficlent to keep Its public schools open ! not less tnan lour montns in -ne year. Heretofore this burden has quite , largely fallen upon the State Itself. many districts failing to do their clear duty In the matter and counties relying too heavily upon the State, large numbers of them receiving n-ftre . In this way and In others than' they contributed to the State. In the west ern part of the State the initial steps were taken for protection of the for ests, this being done by a law to secure from damage by fire such woodlands above, the coutour line of 2,000 feet on the mountains as may be declared State lands. It has been saw! : by opponents of national forest re- , serve bills that this State had not taken. any steps to protect Its mountain ; lands and this Is the first one of den- nlte form. In the way of public bills j connected with the board of agrlcul. ; ture is one to abolish the crop pest j commission and transfer to that board j alt Ka dutlea one to regulate the i regisration and sale of concentrated feeding stuffs and tne sate ox conoi- mental foods for puitry, etc. The Legislature declined this time to erect any new buildings at Raleigh, but this was oecause It considered the issue of bonds, except those to take up the old bonds, snd provide for the In sane, as being bad politics from a Democratic viewpoint. A dozen mem bers were heard to sav that thero would certainly be defeat .'V mora bonds were Issued now, for their counties were very clos and the Re publicans would take advantage f everything possible. As a matter of fact the close counties In North Caro lina are numerous and the Republi cans have declared It to be no ldlei boast that they would be heard from more Congressmen and plenty more men In the Legislature. They cannot say that they have made any capital out of the Legislature JUst adjourned, for it was a rarely conservative body. In sharp contrast with that of 1907. and it certainly worked patriotically The camplgn for good roads has borne fruit as Is shown by the fact thst the counties of Hertford, Scot land. Lee, Cherokee, Clay, Ruther- IllKIlllpf X ATLANTA, GA. "VXfALKING up and down stairs is hard work for a woman. It requires seventeen times more labor than walking the same distance on 2 level. A Wall Set Extension to youg Bell Telephone, located on tha other floor in your home, will save your wife useless steps. 51.00 PER MONTH IN RESIDENCES Call Contract Department I rniiTurnuT dtii Trrrnnmrr ULhb 1LLL rill' Ilk AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY Efficient sWrviea staasosutble Kates) 1 S qts. 11 qta, IS-9J I - 15 T-5 6.J3 .oo 65 -7S 7 5 6.5J i.oe 7 5 n.aj 7 15 .JS S.je 11.50 ALL All Goods Guaranteed Under Pure Food Law and Drugs Act Why spend your money for compounded or rectified goods, when for the same money you can get the straight article f Look for the Pure Foal guarantee which you will find on all our goods, it means much to you. You buy direct when you order from us. We are wholesale dis tributors and guarantee satisfaction, or money refunded. Goods shipped in neat, plain packages, express charges prepaid, at prices named. U rite for special wholesale price in bulk lots. Booklet, complete list and full in formation mailed on request Od list namml below wi sub good losses and brwUug. (ALL FULL QUARTS ) On prrpsld bottle list mixed hipped at prices quoted. Ptt no In tone )ugs, safety packeif In plain caes, all charge prepaid. restorer (best world ertr) . ft. (Soalr fUsk Of fln w't. MAtm at Triinii,.1 HI Malse told corn whiskey) t.So Donald Kenny Malt Whisker (medicinal ) . . . j 15 Va. Queen, ettra fine old corn, orer 100 proof 3.40 Huron River Rye. extra Bne (bottled In bond) 3.95 Dr. LeBarran a Buchu Gin (medicinal) 1.40 Kelly's Royal Corn (the finest) j.g5 KtUys Copper Distilled (bottled in bond).. 1.30 Kelly's Medicinal Malt (bottled In bond) ... j.6j Miss Tempting (6net Maryland rye) 4.50 I gallon yyear-old Kentucky Rye 1 gallon 5-resr-oid North Carolina Cora 4 qta. gallon Holland Gin V CHARGES 1 gallon Extra Fine Sherry J 1 -w- I fullon Porto Rico Ru 1 gallon Kxtra Good Port Wtne 1 gallon 4-year-old Maryland Peach Brandy j gauua s-ycar-oiu virgiaia apple Brandy SPECIAL OFFER 3 gallons Old North Carolina Corn J6.00 3 gallons Old Kentucky Rye 6 00 3 gallons Pine Gin 6.00 3 gallons Apple or Peach Brandy 6,00 4 7-B gallons ot either a bo re o.y " J purr aid . . . . . . . . jj Shtpacd la , plaia kefa without casing. If goods named in Special Offer are desired in slain rases, add 60c. on j and Bsc ea 4 t-4 falloo package. On orders west of the Mississippi, add soc additional for each 4 quarts, except XallTl Cop per Distilled (bottled in bond) on which for orders outside of Virginia, the Carolina. Georgia, Alabama, Maryland and District of Columbia, add 40c for 4 quart, 73c ior S quarto, sad Si. 00 for ia quarts. Goods Named Below Shipped by Frelfcbt or Exprm, Cbarsres " COLLECT," Safely Packed In Neat, Plain Case. No Marka to Indicate Contents. Wholesale prices Quoted oa Caw Goods below art Flat, and Do not Cover IT if si Charge. M - JLS Osceola Rye Fine, Old and Mellow Diamond K Extra Good Kyc Major Comfort Best for the Price Horth State Corn Old sad Mellow Old Valley Corn Tine Qaaltty i Case 16 Half Mats and (Pints. 1 Case 16 Half Mats and rt MaU . 1 Case 31 Half Pints and 14 Pints . 1 Case tS Half Plate and (Pints. 1 Caw 16 Half Pints and 16 Pints.. iCaseji Half Pis Uaajjat Plata 1 Case 16 Half Pints sad S Plats.. I Case 16 Half Pints and 16 Plata . 1 Case 31 Half Plata and ptas . 1 Case 16 Half Pints sad S Pints, t Case sMtaif Mats and at Piats . , 1 Casey Half Pints and 4 riats .. t Case 1 Half Pints aad (Plats. Case 16 Half Pints sad t Plats . 1 Case jl Half Plata sad S4 Plots . EXTRA SPECIAL 1 gallon ... ) J 1 gallooa . . I I iaJtosel J Kxtra Ftoe Old, eves KwProe STRAIGHT Hortkv Carolina Cara 4-M -4? .-SMS"" W M t- U. All Charreaf PRXPAXi tO TOUT ' point. PHIL. G. KELLY CO. lllTSE&ZS'S Fine Liquors 1413 MT UAIN A"u rSffi5S IICHH0K3, Yi. f. ..... .;--.,..... ,
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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