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k i 4' . mi I 3?1 C - OL XII NO 2 - . -s - i -: '" iiiwii l. .1.1' I MISED'BOARD AT THE JAIL! County Commissioners Make Price $10 per : Month THE CHAIN GANG SOME FACTS ABOUT. THIS MUCH DISCUSSED QUESTION. A SW- -. JNG TO THE COUNTY TO WORK ' ' - THEM ON THE ROADS. MAA GER G RANDY WANTS TO GET IN TOUCH WIH PEOPLE ON THE ROAD QUESTION. The- Pasquotank Snnty Oammig iaexs xra Monday last, at their reg vttar tmoatUy meetiog, &B.creased the rate fop' board th inmates oC the jail from 30c to 331-3c per day, ?10 ier anonth. There are now 24 coavicis oni the ciiain-gang, sent p Croon this coim fir. It costs $3.00 per WmtJi or 10 cents iper day to feed these con yicts. . , ' " These 24 convicts aire on ithe chaia gattg tor .petty offenses, and df &y. were lodi in jail 'they would cost the County, $240JOO a anoothT On Oie road tliey, axe postlg only" $700, ja cving of-He. tor thOcninty V - As we nare stated before this con1 Tict labor costs the County 38 'cents per day, ail toW. This in 'ctiiides exery expense, ' board, cloth ing, guards, overseer, perirytepdent, ifuel, and all other articles but it does not include all road expenses, feed for teams, etc. It will thus be seen that this labor does not cost ever 40 cents per day, per convict, oomiicts from other counties in dulTeff: ,We nave given jmuch time anjd though to this convict and County road question, and we know some bings abut wlLich we write. r -This load question lias ; been freely discussed'Much complafint has been made, mostly about the man tagrennent. There are those who say tjia th best results are not attained for the expenditure ; that the labor is not wnat it slhould be; that the con victs ane not made to do sufficient work; that too JMLCb time is wasted in going to and from work; (that the road master lis not competent "Wtoen asked in" what way, the reply r is: That he is too easy with the con victs and that tqtfc aira'cb time , is wasted 5n going tto and from worK Now in justice to Mr. carboro and our former manager, Mr. "Wflson, aad our present manager, Mr. jGrran dy, we wish to say a few 'fthJng M,any times during Mr. Wilson's term, we had frequent talks with Mmjd always found Mm. ready and 'willing to talk about the roads. "We bad an interview with ' Mr. Grandy vthla week. He said that he would-like, to talk with the people about th roads ; that he intended to give his beat thought to ' the road quesition. During out conversation with , Mr. Grandy, we found that he had 1 al ready learned many . things - about road building - and its inanageimenit One thing he imentkxaed (which we heartUy endorse) was that he finds It very difficult 4ve good roads where the farmers fall .to' 3Btoh their land as they shouldK thecliain4 sang cuts and: cleans out the road ditches (which they shotfld not do) en then the 'roads would' not - be benefited if the fanmers lead ditches are not opened sufficient to carry rthe water to the swamps or creeks. Mr, brandy thinks the iEanmem shouldHbe notified to cuij Ms dditehes andif he faile4 to do so and could give a good excuse, for not doing so, then the una, manager shwid -hafB'fife chain-gang to, do it haree the land owner tthe usuii prjj6e. for aid work. We think this a good tton and we .would Hike to see Xthe'past life.-Pe Maistre.V :?- ' l'.. road manager clothed with the, prop- 1.,----. ' - 1 - Vi . - f Tr ; -Itf .. eq authority .to do as Mr. Grandy sug-jgeats.- ' v ' J - In conclusion we wishto make oui cOTlalnts and try to answer : the coanplalnts of otlfei. ' " - - fijsib-We do oopf thdnk that Mr. Scharbcwa snoujld 4 bear .bdunt - & ccodplaints, as his pbsittoh is that of an underling. ' His duty is to manage the laborers and to go to and. fro as be is directed by the ananager. He surely does the best he cair under the present con ditions. The tormeir Manager, ; Mr. WUson, was only a 14ttle anore An tauthority. He was ordered : about by the County Ocxmimissionera. The County Commissioners were pulled out hauled around by; the people. who wanted work done in their-respective "townships, all .of wnicb. was urgent at the same time. In trying please, all, the work done was only patching -up, when if deft alone, the County Commissioners, road manager and fTlabor overseer CKuld have done v much better work, and there would have . been less con plaint, v Another reason why Mr. Wilson could not do , better and more satis liactory work.' It is so fixed that the town has to have the chain gang the three best months in the year, to work In town. ! These three -months, April, May and September are; the best for road building. IWe think-the town should have September, as that is the inonQi forvoleaalng up the weeds. If he: town should continue to haye the laborers during April, May and September why not under the town's supervision have the" County roads i" worked thre miles flm; the town limftts.' This ' can be done and no tgme wasted 4n "goina to and from work." TheTe -use ing the convicts quit work before the days work is done anticipating trouble I an bringing the convicts to town after dark. By. the use of roper methods . tihere would be no danger xf escape, even in the darkness. We would be glad to hear from others on the subject MITCHELL'S CLEAN SWEEP SALE wlH be bigger and better than ever before, starts January 14. 17 GOIETO HEALTH OFFICER WILLIAMS' RE PORT FOR DECEMBER SHOWS AN ABNORMAL BIRTH RATE AMONG THE COLORED POPUr LATION. DEATH RATE IS LOW. City Health Officer Dr. C. B.;Wit liaans report: to the Board of Alder men last ; Mnday night showed a re markable birth , rat among the col or; population, there being 17 col ored bSrths. - The report also showed a remark- ably low death rate, . especially; aanong the white, it being only 8 per cent. - .. The report as follows. . . Deaths. White-Male 0; - Semale 4. Colored male1' 10; female t 7. Total, 2.J. Births White male S;". fQma0ie3 Colored, mpJelO; lemale 7, Total 23. ; Temporary annual ? death rate, white per IfiOO, 8 per cent; , colored, 15 per cent; total population 10 8-10 per cent. ' - - TemiDorarv birth rate, white per 1,000 12 per cent; colored ,,51 per cent; toteul population 27 6?10. per cent: A The Ireal money isavlng-sale Is coming at flast. It i - MITCHELL'S r.L PAN SWEEP 'SALE EveOoV knows what ; that - aheans, starts - J an ':1.-4. ihnt iiri.MT. ?!,f1-a Tn.T. uary -14th; ;,;Th'e lblesse4ness,- of T"mlisery t-of old ace isTv of tenc, but c the extract of nir fJEGRO TOl'Jtl STATE SOLONS ARE IN SESSION North;CaroUnaLegislarir Convened Last Wednesday GRAHAM SPEAKER JOINT SESSION WILL BEE HELD TUESDAY TO OPEN AMD PUS LISH RETURNS FOR STATE OFICERS. $5000 APPORPRIATED FOR THE RELIEF OF THE ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE SUF ERERS. The North Carolina Legislature convened in biennial session Wednes day at noon, every member except one Senator and one Representative being present The first days , work was devoted to organizing the two houses, the House adjourning at 2. 30 Wclock, the .Senate1 at 3:10, the lat ter after a recess of . nearly two hours. '' . The Senate and House will hold a joint 'session Tuesday, January 12th at noon, to open and publish the re turns for Governor, Ideutenantr Gov eior. Secretary, of State, ' Auditor; Supexlxbtendent of Public Instruc tion, Attorney General, and lother tested to November. oillt committee which waited "u ""' w miurm man iu the Legislature was duly-organized : j j. W reaay . receive any commum- cation ttGfa was composed of Senators Manning, Klutz and Britt and Represenitatives Doughton, Koouc Twrlington, Cotton and Grant. The Senate. The Senate convened at 12 o'clock, lieutenant- Governor F. D. Winston t in. the chaiir. Rev. T. N. Ivey, D. D., editor of the Raleigh Christian, Ad- vocate, pronounced the invocation, after which the roll of the Senate was called, all the members being present, except MP. Travis, of Hal ifax. Then the Senate proceeded with organization, the (members being sworn. Mr. iPharr, of Mecklenburg placed in nomination for , principal .clerk Mr. A. J. Maxwell, of Craven, whjb'has served four times as prdn cipal clerk . Thexchair appointed Messrs. Mills of Rutherfiord, and Sherrill, -of CaldweU, as tellers. Mr Maxwell was unanimously elected. Mr;. Barringer, of Guilford nominat ed Mr. Prank Squires, of Caldweai, for reading clerk, and there being no other nomination he was elected without opposition. Oother officers of the Senate elected were... Sergeant-at-Arms, R.-M. Staley,, f Wilkes, nom inated by Mr. Means, of Cabarrus; assSstant door keeper, . Mr. Nicholas DeBoy, ' of - . Wake, nominated by Mr. Powell, of "Vance ; , engrossing clerk, Mr. W. E. Hooks; of Pitt, nominated by Mr. Blow, of Htt These officers were administeredi the oath of office after whlich the Senate electd a prs ident (pro-tempore. Mr. Long, of Ire- dell, in a f ittfing speech, appreciative of the ability and good reputation of Mr. Kluttz, of Rowan, placed that Senator 5aa nomination. Mr. Star jDjiUcki, If itrayth-afppiendlng, he said, that Mr. . Britt, of Buncoimbe, couid mot k be - eaected, lpiaced the imountaSn yin Wnoimlnation. ; Mr'. Kluttz was elected..- receiviag " 31 votes, Mr. Britt haveing 9 votes. Pursuant to ctfstom that hasi . here tofore 4btadned in North Carllna, the resident announced, that he had been " ii ; conference : with the incom ing Lieutenant Covernor in regard to the noilnationvof pages, imessen gerss aid -other employ eB of. the Sen- ate. :;THe names of .the, following ap- - .TJOiniees were re-u. -.Clerks :'; Otis Self, of , Catawba;. S. V." Wade" of -Carteref; 'W.; T.A Smith, 's When va' Belf-anade . anan makes -a fool ; of liJiDseii. W"Wbseb of the jobl-ChicaW News. " - ;J v. of .WaJce. , ; !K: "".r ; ,Mwwnograpaers; , Miss JEL Mordeoal Bledsoe, Miss Nell Hinsdale Z r and MiSss Sophie-Busbee- ---- - -.lessenger : J James. Lanier. -i 5 laborers: J. , A, BusJi, & A. :. Pe igrim;' W, PliiUIps, 'A Eush, J. Bumner, Joha-A. Fox 3., Lewis, 3., Bry H' HHumby, and. Charles aad,' James Haijjhr, both'.coioredt . iages: Chief X Timberkke, Jr.; Rileigh, Theo; Ross," Clye jtiam beEt, Weston Taylor; Palmer Stiek leyviBanks Arendell, Whitfield! East, Edward TrAvis and Walter Lam- vOnr mot3on of Mr. Blow a message was sent to the Housef . Represerita tivea infrtt-Sng ithiatbody thiat the Senate was dy; organized an& ready to proceed with busJness. , '"' Senators Gay of Korthhaflnpton; Hawes, of Columbus, and Spence of Randolph, who Cjlid ' not - have their ceiificates of election, were sworn in on motion of MiTi PoweM. The Senate rules of the session at, 1907 were adopted' till the com mittee on rules should report' The President appointed a the Committee on Rules Senator Bas set, of E&gercombe; Bafiringer, of Guilford, and JIanklns, of Davidson. The President announced that Mr. Travis, of Halifax, had been detain ed at his home by the grievous ac oiden to One of his children, and on motion of Mr. Pharr indefinite leave of absence was granted to Mr.! Travis. . The courtesies of the floor were extended to exSenatoir Fleming, of On motion of Mr." planning. of DuJhiam. the Senate tUook a recess at till three o'cloc ito await the or nwation of the House. r- Messages were received froma the HouSe of Representatives at 3 o'clock, in forming the Senate that lthe House had perfected its organi zation and was ready to proceed with business, and that the House had) ap pointed five 'members to wait upon the Governor with the Senate mem bers, and inform him that the Leg islature had been duly organized and was ready to receive any cotmimiuni- cation from him. The chair appointed on this committee Messrs Manning, Kluttz and Britt. Mr. Manning, offered tfhe following resolution, which was adopted: Y - "Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representativs concurring: "Sction 1. That the SenaAe and iHoufse off Repreljentatfrvesi meejt in joint session in the Hall of the House of Representatives at noon on Tuesday, January 12, 1909 and there proceed to open ansd publish i$ie re turns flor GpresnnQr, Lieutenant-Gov ernor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Superintendent of fPuMic Instruction, AtitSoitiey IJeneral and other State officers. "Section 2. That the persons os ascertatLned to be elected shall be inducted into office pn Tuesday, Jan uary 12, 1909 at one o'clock , p. m. "Section 3. That a joint commit tee of three on the, part of the Sen ate and five on the House shall. be appointed, (( whose dutiy it shall be to provide suitable arrangements and regulations for the inauguratfion, and reprt the expenditures incurred by the cjommattee." At 3:10 o'clock the Senate adjourn ed 1511 11 o'clock Thu(rsday morn ing.. . ,.. ; The ; House . . IAt '.'the ' ho.twelTef-.ilet clerk of the last session, rank D . Hackett asicei-jded the Speaker's restrum and called the House to order, in t ac cordance withr theTpnovfisions. of "the Constitution relativB to the Dianiza tion of the House of Representatives, Hie then requested Rv. Dr. McK. Pit tnger, . jectr - ot the Church of the Good Shepherd, at Raleigh, to make the invocation; whjch wa; beautiful ly appropriate to such an occasion. lAmdnnceiment was made that Chief Justice .Walter Clark would ad- Think of it!" J25CMH) will be. given awav dufrins MITCHELL'S , CLEAN SWEEP SALE; which jsHarijs 1 Jaiau ary 14t3r ;l. ' ''.-.- -; " ? -t Tlie sale of all sales MITCHELL'S CLEAN SWEEp SALE; starts Jan: uary;i4.!3;fit: KRAMER BROS BUY PROPERTY Will Erect Handsome Modern Three; Story Buildings r' " A OTHER BUILDINGS THE HINTON BROS., WILL ERECT BRICK STORE - ON CORNER MATHEWS AND POINDEXTER STREETS? AND LARGE LIVERY STABLE ON CORNER - MCMOR INE AND MATTHEWS. 1909 PROMISES TO BE A RECORD The lndicatioas are that; the year 1909 will witness the piling up of more brick and mortar into hand- some buildings in this citlUj7any year in the history of the cityT ' , Messrs. Kramer Bros, among our most csubstajntial and progressive citizens will start the ball , roUdng with a $30,(1 buildingiiio ? Mi3-tn street on the proiperty. - next to . the Bee Hive, which they have',' just ac- quird from the ' Hinton Brothers at a cost of $20,000. The deal was closed Tuesday. Thds lot faces 120 feeV on. - Main stret, extending, from of the most valuable building - sites in the city. - " It dfs said that the Messrs. Kramer will soon erect on this site one of the finest business building cover ing the entire lot ever built in this city. It Ss said that it will be three stories high and be thoroughly mod em rin evry particular. The gentjemen have also boughit the Ballance property on Mathews street. This is also well located anki fine property. It is said that they will also build on this in the near future. The Hinton Bros, will also add to the buBMing. activity of. the city. They will build a handsome brick store on their property corner Poin dxtjer and Matthews streets. They will also build a large brick . livery stable on their property on the cor ner of Matt-hews and McMorlhe streets, the sate now occupied by the repair shop of Mr. Pastorfield. Down goes the prices opportuni ties for everybody at MITCHELL'S CLEAN SWEEP SALE, starts Janu ary 14th. It is very nttadylike for a girl to kiss a man before she v tells' him she won't Jet Mm. GARDNER'S FAMOUS BREAD AND 'CAKES. Our trade is constantly increasing on Gardner's "Uno" Bread, pound and plaiin cakes, and there's a rea- soh. 'Their 30 years of experience and in the use of the highest grade flour, best butter and fresh eggs and the science,. mainpHatfon of : patent machinery by which the human Sands scarcely v touches the product , ; has rendered their, bread and cakes the very best that brains, money and .hu- hxtani ingenuity, can . possible, produce. -33 are so y enthusiastic oyer, this Tilo. Breacl that we are willing to sseztd- it to your, home on - the follow ing, approval: , Buy one loaf, and if dissatisfied af ter using, the cost of the bread will be refunded. - ';, OBVesh shipments received Tuesdays ana Friday at . theSc agency, E1AGLE GROCERY; Phone . 145. ; Attend MITCHELL'S CLEAN SWEEP, SALE and get part, of that $250.00: whieji i3 ; going to be given away. :;. $250.00 will be given away during MLTCHEJ-TUS . .CLEAN SWEEP SALE; staTtext : weekJ anuary, :14. thtv, Beei-Hiy, to McMtmne- street, I' airuns ' ba ck; ! WtP&lr.iri 1; ioi e THE DRAIN AGEVQUEST10N People ;f Hyde ; County, aire 4 - " - vMuch .Interested' " .; Very, - MtAg; RLi Swindell. andc -itamflbr 7 have returned, fixan .a 'pJesant triptJi . Guscn Neck .where' they spent tiie. hoi idays with;rfelatives "apd friend;;; . JjT . Mr Swindell saysr that the :daiiuga question ds the tbpie of' conversatica in Gum" Neck. He sava . hiLf r.--'- Lindsay' Armstrong "of thia clty.whD owns fine 'farm landsVat Gum Neck; and others stq doing some fine work . cleaning out' the caiiials.ir : We would-like to call , the attention -of our Gunn Neck friends to the 7f act that 4the grading of th "Hyde Cotin it railroad ' Is about finished, anS , would it riot be a 'good idea for thea to -secure if possible this convict la i bbr to clean out- the canals and do drainage work? The . mattei icouldL possibly be' Brrainged witai the State , through their-, representative, Mt Majette. " . - " The sale that saves, you money MITCHELL'S CLEAN SWEEP SALE, Be sure and attend, start next week, January 14. ' . ON NEW YEAR .NIGHT. Miss Marine Barcl if t Intertaihed Her Sunday School Class. .Miss Mamie Barclift,, enterta)lned her Sunday school class at her home at Mrs. John GJover's . on Church afreet. The yotfng folks enjoyed & most plea-Sont evening. - ' Pretty sauyeniirs in the Team of jhick-r-glapBe ifla&jhfionea, in card board were given to those, preset.;. -tMfTCHELLf; CLEAN Vs,V?tlEP "; "SALE this" year will Iteiami:. Besure and attend it, starts Janu- r ary 14. ; ' - , A SUGGESTION Mr. J. C. Perry an enterprising- citizen and imail carrier 5or , route No. 3, gives us a good suggestion. He " says that he tMoks mtfch would be - saved to the road fund if the chadn gang was divided. Have a smflJl ' itorce, those most trusty so as not to require a. guaatid to be employed.' Haye this force to do repair, work on the roads and leave the bulk of the .i convicts to do the road building, by so doing the convicts camps would " not have to be moved so often and better work could be done. - This moving the camps and often before the work, tts finished entails quite an expense. Then retaedy ithe time lost J going to camp fore the. days work- is done. .''-. MITCHELL'S CLEAN SWEEP SALES are events to which the peo ple of this se ction , look forward' to. It starts next week, January 14th. INSTALLED CASH REGISTER. Mr. O'Donnell, of .the National Cash Register Co., is v in the ciHy. Wednesday, he installed . the ! '' new cashier's cash register of Mr. -O: F. -Gilbert. Th is a most complete ma-" chine and is one of the handsomest and latest put out by ; the company. MRS. BELL ENTERTAINS Mrs. -M. .. G. Bell on North Road. ' house street y entertained a large v party duiln the liolidays.' - - , .There were seventeen , in . the party, Aanong those from outof-towa were Mr. and MwC H. Marion; Behre, of New York X3it; Mis Bllck andl ' :; MSfls' Myra Bell i of Norf blk; Dr. "aa'd . Mrs. G. G.. Bell,; Miy arid Mrs. Wr J. Horgan and little ' dauter, -Flora, : . of Oriental, N. C. " ' ' .The guests departed for - their ' sfespective homes' this weeieach, declaring iii the Itnost en joyable .Xma: they had "ever spent.- love Is blind to most of thedan-- . ger signals. . ' Optimism and . dyspesia are not on speaking; terms. r-'.A'l' '' Somel men'' ar such swindlers ' that they cheat theitiselTeis. . . - " t t - y v i - 'A
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