WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY J9, 1891.
NO. 46.
VOL. XXI.
RALEIGH LETTER
ECISIATIYE l'ROCKKDIXG.S AND
OTilKU MATTERS OV GENERAL
INTEREST.
Tbc bill appropriating three thousand
dollars annually toward the support of
the Soldiers' Home in this place has be
come a law. Several eloquent speeches
Wlre made in its favor. "Bryan of
Wilkis" .-poke in favor of its passage.
He is a native North Carolinian hut sai l
he fought iu the Federal Army because
he was opposed to secession, but he was
in favor of doing all that could be done
for the old soldiers who had no homes
and no one to care for them. There
was not a vote against the hill in the
House. It does not, as some suppose,
require any old soldier to give up his
home, it is only intended to furnish a
hose for tho-e who have none and who
are dependent upou the cold charity of
,ihc world or upon those who are unable
to oiler assistance. This appropriation
Trill nut be near enough to support
it, but it will be a great help and
will inspir) coufidenee among the
people. Among the corporators are
Capt. W. II. Kitchin, Col. W. A. Johu
ston, Major T. L. Kmry and Col. F. M.
Parker, of Halifox county.
A petition has been presented in the
House from citizens of Littleton asking
the establishment of sworn cotton weigh
ers. This is the fourth or fifth applica
tion of the same kind now before the
Legislature, and it seems to be n popular
movement in most places.
A bill has been introduced in the
House to provide for the issuing of bonds
j by Northampton county to the amount
of tin thousand dollars for the purpose
il building a jail. Half of this amount
is to he raid iii fifteen and half in twenty
years. A biil is also before the House
to extend the operation of the act pro
viding for tax collectors iu the same
county.
The bill making it a misdemeanor to
(solicit labor to e.0 out of the Slate, pun
ishable by imprisonment in the penitcu
tiary unless the agent has paid a license
tax of one tin unnd dollars for each
county in which he solicits has been rati
fied and is now a la. v.
Another law of genual interest is one
nhith has been enacted requiring admin
istrators and executors to p'cad the stat
me of limitations against debts. Hereto
l'ure it was optionable.
An act has been parsed also allowing
euardiaus to rent land of their wards
privately whenever in their judgment it
niay be to the interest of the wards
ruder an net which has been ratified
tlie Hoards of Commissioners of the sev
eral counties mav. if they choose, pay
pll holders and canvassers in elections
for tlair service not exceeding one doi
lar a day.
The new county bill was introduced in
the Senate last week by Mr. Rowers. It
is substantially the same as that reported
la these columns a week or two ago, ex
cent that it has beeu changed so that
if either the Warren or Northampton
cut off shall vote against it the new coun
ty .shall not be established. Senator
. Bishop informs tne that the people iu
that portion of Northampton which woul
he included in the new county are op
posed to it. The bill is now b-fr the
committee on Propositions and Grievances
which will no doubt report it unfavora
bly as there is a strong feeling among
members against new counties.
The hill anthnrizinf? the town of Lit
tleton to issim hunds for a hotel, manu
facturing enterprise and a court house
met with considerable opposition before
the committee which had it in charge.
Capt Leach addressed tho committee
in favor of it, and letters to the same pur
pose were received from other citizens.
Messrs. T. W. Hawkins, J L Shaw,
B. B. Pulleo and others appeared before
the coimnitipn in nnnriMti m to it. and
ftr a hearing the committee voted to
report against the bill. The principle
objections urged against it were that the
toeoessary uotice had not beeu given; that
the taxable Taluo of property iu the town
was less than one hundred and twenty
thousand dollars and that the amount of
bonds was nearly one-fourth of the
value of the property; that the sum
which had to be raised annually to meet
the interest and provide a sinking fund
would be greater than the town couid
pay, and that in submitting the question
to a vote a voter with uo property at all
would have as much weight as one with
twenty thousand dollars worth of proper,
ty. A bill has been prepared authorizing
the town to issue bonds to the amount of
six thousand dollars for the purpose of
building a eourthons; and jail, but it will
not be introduced unless the new county
bill parses.
The railroad commission bill came up
in the House 'rotu the Senate a few days
ago and was passed about twelve o clock
Wednesday night. Mr. Piitchaid, He
publican, offered a substitute which was
advisory ouly, but it was voted down.
Col. Sutton then offered as a substitute
the bill which passed the House two years
ago, and that also was voted down.
The bill was then considered by sec
tions and a number of amendments were
offered but all of them were rejected ex'
cept two or three of minor importance.
An amendment was offered striking out
the amendment of the Setiate making
members of this General Assembly ineli
gible but the House refused to do so, and
the commissioners will have to be selec
ted ontidi! of the Legislature. The bil
will now go before the Senate for concur
rence in the House amendments. There
is a feeling here among the more conserv
ative members that the bill is too strip-
nt and may become unpopular. About
this, like it is about all new legislation,
there is a difference of opinion, and ex
perience alone can show the wisdom or
unwisdom of this particular measure.
A great deal depends upon the men se-
cted to carry out its pioviions. Who
these will be no one knows at this writ
ing, as there has been little or no canvas
siii"ontlioiur;ot'ci:i li 1 iteorth iirfrien Is
although before this r Niches your read-
rathe men may be selcted and elected.
ThoTrainin,' school hill was reported
to both branches of the Legislature a few
days ago by the conference committee.
he amendments added to it by the
louse which have been noted iu this
correspondence, were substantially adop
ted and the bill is now a law. The Board
of Directors is to be composed of one from
each congressional district, and to be
elected by the legislature.
The bill regulating the charges made
by warehouses for selling tobacco has
been reported adversely by the committee
on agriculture, u first received a tavor
able report, as I wrote you, but it was
recommitted and there w.n a hot contest,
resulting iu a defeat of the bill before the
committee. This in all probability means
also its defeat wheu it comes up iu the
House.
The candidates for railroad commis
sioner are gathering at the Yarborough.
Who the lucky ones will be it lakes a
better prophet thau this writer to tell
Judge Dilliurd, Lieu. lv. 15. ance, Mr.
Beddingfield, Capt. 0. Coke, Mr. Me-
Donald, of Cabarrus. Ex Governor Jar-
yis. Capt. Kit hin and T. W. Mason are
amonir those whose names are oltenest
heard. The bill was to have beeu taken
uo yesterday iu the Senate as special or
der for notion on several amendments
cut ou by the House. These will prob
ably be adopted, and the next thing will
be tha election of those who are to bo
charged with the duty of executing the
111 VB
A bill came before the House Mon
day to prohibit tho sale of books, fruit
and everything else except newspapers
on Sunday trains. A substitute was ol-
fere 1 prohibiting the running of trains
01 Suudays. Both the bill aud
the substitute were sunt to tho cum
mitiee. This measure should nut be
come a law, in the opinion of your corres
pondent. It would seem that this is too
sweebiua. Mail trains and trains which
uurrv through passengers should not be
interfered with. wr is tbe authority of
the Siatu to do very clear. A bill is
pending now in the Senate prohibiting
the ruuning of local passenger trains on
Sunday and this ought to become a law.
On branch roads and shoofly trains the
crews are worked caily and late every
day in the year, while on the through
trains the crews have their regular lay
off and one set does not have to run every
Sunday.
The charter of the town of Weldun
has passed the Senate and is now a law.
A bill is pending which will make a
material change in the criminal law af
fecting capital offences. It provides that
all murder perpetrated bp poison, lying in
wait, imprisonment, starving, torture,
or by any another wilful, deliberate and
premeditated killing; or which shall be
committed in tha perpetration, or attempt
to perpetrate any arson, rape, robbery or
burglary, shall be deemed to be murder
in the first degree and shall be punished
with death. All other kinds of niuider
shall be deemed murder in the second de
gree and shall be punished with impris
onment in the penitentiary frr not less
than five nor more than thirty years.
No alteration or modification of existing
forms of indictment for murder is re
quired, but the jury before whom the
offender is tried, shall determine iu their
verdict whether the crime is murder in
the firs: or second degree; and if the ac
cused plead guilty the degree of the crime
shall still be ascertained by the jury.
This is somewhat similar to the Virginia
law. The change is recommended by
the Attorney-General and is proposed to
prevent crime and to prevent too light
punishment for offenders.
The city papers of Sunday in their re
ports of the proceedings of the Legisla
ture stated that Mr. Hall n" Halifax had
presented petitions asking that the price
of the public printing be reduced. This
wa mistake. Mr. Hall has presented no
such petitions for the simple reason that
uone has been sent to him. It was Mr.
Hill who presented the petitions. Mr.
Hall's position on the public piinting
question was taken conscientiously with
all the lights before him, and he has thus
far seen no reason to change his opinion.
He may be mistaken but no one has yet
convinced him of his error.
Tho bill to incorporate the North Car
olina Society for the prevention of cruelty
to children aud animals has been tabled.
A bill has pa-sed and is now a law
chauging the uatues of county poorhouses
to "Homes for the Aged and Infirm."
The bill to pay solicitors salaries was
made the special order in the House for
twelve o'clock Thursday. It has already
passol the Senate. Ihemain argument
in its favor it that it will save tin coun
ties much by decreasing the number id
bills of costs It is now claimed that
solicitors multiply cases for the sake ot
the fees when very often one indictment
would be sufficient. The fees woti.d be
collected but would he turned over to the
school fund. In this connection the
report of the Attorney General relative
to crime for the past eighteen months is
interesting. In Second judicial district
for that period the number of convictions
was ns follows: Murder 10; arson l;
burglary 8; forgery 8; larceny lCl; mis
demeanors 022. The fees under tho bill
referred to above would for these cases
amount to 818U0, or about $12-1 I. Ac
cording to these figures the solicitor of
the Second district (Geo. II. White)
would be benefited by being paid a salary
uf?l,8Ut). In HalilaX eouuty the At
toiney General's report shows the follow
ing figures as to criminal actions : Whites
bl: colored P K mules 150; females lti;
convicted '6; acquitted 47; nul pros. (Jl);
dismissed 7. Of these two were tor
murder; ce for arson; one for forgery;
tweuty five for larceny; 140 for misde
meanors. The law under which this re
port was made was enacted two years,
ago and it ouly wcut into operation at
those spring courts which had not been
held at the time of its enactment and the
statistics are therefore ouly for about
eighteen months.
The bill to reduce the rato of interest
to six per ceut. is the special older in
the Senate Wednesday at one o'clock
and the railroad eouiuiission bill at twelve
o'clock.
In the House the bill to amend the
constitution so that solicitors will be elec
ted hy the State at large has been made
the special order for Wednesday night.
Messrs. T. N. Hill and W. II. Day, of
Halifax, and T. W. Jaaon and R. H.
Gay, of Northampton, were here in at
tendance upon the Supreme court lunt
week.
Register of Deeds Fleetwood, of North
ampton, was in the city a few days ago.
Mr. M. L Wood, the efficient repre
sentatives from Bertie, who has been
home on sick leave some days, returned
to his legislative duties Saturday.
Capt. E. A. Thome, of Panacea
Springs, is here in the interest of tho new
county.
Senator Bowers went up to Morgauton
last week with the committee on Insane
Asylums to examine the Asylum at that
place.
The calendar of the House has accu
mulated to such an extent that it has re
solved on night sessions, the first one be
ing held Tuesday night. The Senate
mauages to keep up with its woik. There
are not so many talkers in the north end
of the Capitol.
JERUSALEM.
RAILROAD TRAVEL IN TIIK HOLY LAND
A FULFILLS! KNT OF ISI1SLICAL PROPII-KCY.
AND HIS NAME IS JONES.
AN INVENTOR WHO WILL DO AWAY
WITH STEAM AND ELECTRICITY AND
SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF PERPETUAL
MOTION.
OUR FUTURE.
OUR PEOPLE ARE A OOOD AND ENER
GETIC PEOPLE THE JUBILEE OUR
Cllt EAT WATER POWER NOT HALF
HAS EVER BEEN TOLD.
Messrs Editors: While we are
glad to see your paper take so much in
terest in the building up of our town, and
enjoyed your article on the "Eve of Pros
perity." We think you are wrong in
miming us llip Vau Winkle.
Our people are a live, and struggling
folk. There is an old saying, "Give a
dog a bad name and you had might as
well kill him." Now, away back, when
the real estate owners of Weldon had no
reason for wanting to part with the land
on which our present town is building
and when they had a plenty and did not
c.tre to build up the town, and when our
immense water power was kept a secret
thing, Weldoti was given a bad name, a
very bad uaiue. Then these people were
poor, very poor, and since then they have
bravely fought this bad name, by word
aud act, they then had uo broad-viewed
aud able paper to turn on the light, as
your valuable paper is doiug, and reveal
to the world the treasures that have so
long been hidden from the public. Still
these people with everything to contend
with, have reached a point, that they are
now able to say to the balance of human
ity cine if you wish and we will welcome
you; but our bad uauiehas been proven
a misnomer; and our trear-ures arc such,
that we can make a city set upou a hill.
Our people are a good and energetic
folk, many a community with half the
diaw backs would have given up iu des
pair long ago, not so with us, we have
L.ught long aud hard the battle and we
are going to win.
There are fewer loafers and more work
ers in our town than any town of its size
we know of in the State.
We a Tee with vou about the torch
light and jubilee. Let all join, in and
have a good one. We want not ouly
every citizen, but our country friends to
come in and join in the procession.
You speak of the engineers statement,
about ovr water power. They have not
told much over half of our strength. II
any oiie will take the trouble to come
down the river in a boat or even walk
along its banks for a few miles above
here, it wou't need any engineer to tell
i hem of what we can aud will do. Then
add to these powers the fine farming
lauds immediately around us. These
lauds are classed amongst tho finest in
the world. They can support a city like
New York and still have a Burplus of
runiluei; to shin to Other places.
Our day is almost lure. Come all
who wUh to j pin us in the onward stride.
A Citizen.
The locomotives for the Jaffa it Jeru
salem railroad have reached Palestine.
They bear the names of "Jerusalum,"
"Hamleh " and "Jaffa..' A Philadel
phia company has the honor of supplying
the motive power. The most interesting
fact about the appearance of the iron
horse in the Holy Land is that the Jew
ish rabbis have already figured out a ful
filhucnt of prophecy. In the book of
Naham is found that which is now in-
l tcrprcted as a revelation of the loeomo
tive. Coansul Gillman, of Jerusalem,
tells this in a recent report to the State
department. He sends the passage. The
words are significant. They are found in
Naham ii, 3, 4, and arc as follows:
"The chariots shall be with flaming
torches in the day of his preparation
They shall seem like torches; they shal
run like the lightning.
Mr. Gillman also reports there is quite
in Jerusalem real estate on account of
the building of this railroad. More vi.s
tors arrived in the Holy City last year
than any previous year, and Americans
outnumbered any other nationality.
"The Jews of all lands," says Consu
Gillman, "continue to come to Palestine
to reside in increasing numbers. Many
of them are aged peisons, who immigrate
with the sole object of dying in Jerusa
lem, in accordance with their religious
belief, so that they may be buried on the
Mount of Olives. But others of this
people join some of the Jewish agricul
tural colonies established under the Roths
child patronage or engage in trade or
traffic. The degree of the sultan oblig
ing the expulsion of such Jews, the mod
ification of which 'to refer only to Jews
coming here in large numbers' practi
cally its repeal was brought about
through the efforts of this consulate, I
here refer to in order to state that this
modification is of late faithfully adhered
to by the Ottoman authorities. Indeed,
it would seem to be most liberally con
strued, as I have learned that recently
40(1 Jews at once landed at Jatta witb-
out the least obstruction, which is of
sufficient proof of what has been acconi
plished." St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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year of great tornadoes, blizzards and
cold waves.
From a St. Joseph, Missouri prophet
comes the awful information that we are
Hearing the most destructive storm period
of rcceut years a period that has not
beeu equaled for atmospheric and terns
trial disturbances within the memory of
any persou now living. The genial titi
en who makes this cheerful prediction
is W. T. Foster. He savs that from
May 1, 18!U, until May 1, 1802, the
year will be one of gcmral destruction
throughout the I'nited Slates.
The period of groat disturbances will
begin during the early part of May, while
Mars will be passing its cquiuoetial,
Mercury passing the sun's equator! But
while these storms will be severe they
will not compare with those that w ill
occur later in the year and during the
early part of'!i2.
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A Mexico, Mo., special to tho St.
,ouis Globe-Democrat says:
It. J. Jones, of this city, is canstnic-
ting a model of an invention that will
revolutionize the world and startle such
electricians as Thomas A. Edison. Mr.
Jones has invented a machine that will
ultimately do away with both steam aud
electricity, and instead run engtees and
all kinds of machinery with eithor com
pressed air or water.
It is a hydraulic engine, and is attach
ed to the regular steam engine by a
valve that lets the compressed air into
the boiler, and by the simple touch of a
lever with the hand sets the machinery
in motion, which runs perpetually until
shut off hy the opening up ot another
valve that lets the compressed air escape,
the hydraulic engine keeping up its
work continually. By this means an en
gine can easily be controlled or governed
as if by steam, and run at almost trivial
cost. Mr. Jones, the inventor, has a
model that has been tried to his entire
satisfaction, and he is now constructing
one in this city, 12 by 14 inches, express
ly to secure a patent. Ihe inventor
claims that withiu a year there will be
very few engines in this country run by
steam. The model as shown is one of
neatness, and is the simplest piece of ma
chinery in existence. The hydraulic
pumps in connection will stand the pres
sure of over 700 pounds of compressed
air or water to the square inch, and the
iuventor claims that it can be made to
stand a pressure even greater than this.
Mr. Jones says people may call it a fake
and all such, but said he:
"An incessant study of twenty years
on this subject has at last revealed to me
the ecrfit of an mventiou that will no
doubt startle the universe, and after try
ing my machine to mv own dehgnt 1 aw
ready to say to the world that perpetual
motion has been solved.
Mr. Jones is 4 f years old, a native of
Virginia, and a farmer by occupation.
He moved to Lincoln county, this state,
and about three months ago moved from
there to Mexico, where he is at present
located. He has worked just eight
months upon the present model of the
machine he is now constructing, and says
that in a few days he will give an exhibi
tion of his invention, that tho people
may be their own judges as to the accu
racy of his assertion.
FOR A SPIRITUAL SONG.
A Christmas story. A poor country
congregation found itself badly in want
of hymn books. The clergyman applied
to a London firm, aud asked to be sup
plied at the lowest (Church) rates. The
firm replied that on condition the hymn
books contained certain advertisements,
the congregation should have them for
nothing. Necessity knows no law, and
the minister sorrowfully complied, think-
in" to himself that when the advertise
mcnts came they could be removed from
the leaves. The hymn books arrived,
and joy of joys they contained no in
terleaved advertisements. At tho thauks-
giving service the good parson joyously
gave out the Christmas hymn, and the
congregation sang the first verse with
fervor. When they reached tho last
line they found that this was what they
had been singing :
Hark I the herald angels sing,
lieci barn's Pills are just the thing;
Peace on earth aud mercy mild,
Two for man and one for child."
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