North Carolina Newspapers

2 NIGHT SESSIONS BEGIN IN THE HOUSE Many Local Bills Ground Out Yesterday. ANOTHER DEAD FEE BILL BUT IT WILL SURELY RISE AGAIN. ARE THE DIVORCE LAWS TOO STRINGENT The Western Union Telegraph Company Will no Longer have a Monthly of the Right of Way Along Rail road Lines. Those be days when the wheels of legislation begin to revolve rapidly. And well they may. Time is growing previous. v .Inst throe more weeks from tomorrow and the day of adjournment is here — that is if the Legislature lives up to the mark made for it by the caucus. There is yet much to he done: School laiw. Election Law, Charitable Insti tutions, State Schools, Railroad Com mission, Constitutional Amendment. Revenue Act and many other scarcely less important measures have received* little or no attention. Then there is a great big calendar to dispose of, with local hills still pouring in at the rate of a score or more a day. And no sign of a drying up of the spring from which they come. It is for these reasons that the House last night, after a hearty supper, drag ged itself hack to the weary guns of duty and hanged away for two hours on local legislation. Mighty good markmanship they dis played, too —the members of the House. I counted the shots, and out of just e\ sictly thirty hills ten went in a dead flut ter to the table. Save for the fatal cracking of another fee hill over the head, and a vain at tempt to loosen slightly the matrimonial bonds, the day session was without in cident, and the night session was like unto it, only more so. It was the dead dullness of routine business unrelieved by even an attempt on the part of the House Fly to get gay and hinder pro ceedings. ANOTHER DEAD FEE BILL. Harrowing Tales of Poverty Among the County Officers. The fee hill came up as a special order at 1 o’clock. Two bills had been set for a hearing at that hour—Mr. Winston’s hill, mak ing a cut of about 25 per eent in the fees of all officers, and Mr. McNeil’s hill making a 50 per eent reduction in the fees of the registers of deeds. Both met with the most determined and violent opposition lind were butch ered before they could so much as get a decent hearing. As soon ns the special order was called Mr. Winston took the floor in behalf of his bill. He explained that the out in fees was such as lie thought right and proper and was in keeping with the re duction in the price of cotton and other farm products. “It will he noticed,” lie said, “that the cut is made in such matters as touch the business interests, and not the crim inal law. I don’t propose to make such a reduction in these latter fees as will make it easier for criminals to escape. It will be noticed that the reduction is largest in ihe matter of recording deeds and for recording crop liens.” Mr. Winston went over his Liil care fully item by item, pointing out the justice of the proposed reduction. “ihis bill is a blow at every county officer in the State,” was the broad side with which Mr. Robinson, of Cum lierulnd, opened up on it. “It is withon; reason. There is no call for it, and it ought not to pass.” Then he depicted the poverty-stricken condition of the county officers. "Not a sheriff in Cumberland county for the past ten years has made a liv ing.” As he spoke one could almost see the wolf at the door of these patriots. “This bill is not only unjust, it is had public policy. It destroys the office of register of deeds, and makes it im possible to get a competent man to till it.” 1 was wondering now an ad vert is 2- ment from some county for a competent register of deeds would look in the want column of a newspaper, when Mr. Kennett, of Guilford, rudely remarked that he had not heard of any of the county officers resigning anywhere since these fee-’-'' ,, ”etion hills had been introducrl, or before. Mr. Council, chairman of the Com mittee mi Salaries and Fees, explained that the committee was preparing a hill for a reduction of salaries and fees: that tin* Democratic party was pledged to such a measure and he favored it, hut he thought Mr. Winston’s bill set rather digging. Mr. Robinson moved to table the hill. On this Mr. Winston called the ayes and urn's. Tin? cal! being sustained, the roll call resulted; Ayes, 45; .noes, 54. The hill went to tin* table, and Mr. McNeill’s hill was about to suffer the same fate when Mr. Council asked that it Iw* sent back to the Committee op Salaries and Fees to aid th* m in making up the bill now in course of preparation. The bill was so referred. This done the vote by which Mr. Winston’s bill was tabled was reconsidered and that bill also was referred to tlie commit tee. the law on divorce. ' Should One Year’s Abandonment he Cause for Divorce. The divorce hill was to make one years abandonment cause for divorce. This hill was introduced by Mr. Leath erwood, of Swain, who urged Its passage tin the ground that there was necessity for it and that it could do no harm. Such n law was passed by the latino of 18117 effective only January 1, 18118. and Mr. Leu! hell wood’s proposition is simply to make this mil the law for all time. Mr. ;Rountree opposed the bill. “In about two more Legislatures I don’t think anybody need go to South Dakota to gel n divorce. They can come to North Carolina. It seems to me we are moving v r.v rapidly in the wrong direction. The law in North Carolina up to tift<*e» or .twenty years ago was about the best that eo’uld he enacted. It was founded on The Book.' Mr. Stevens, <>f Union, agreed with Mr. Remit m*. He considered the hill a very had one —a dangerous one. Mr. Leatherwood couldn’t see am harm the hill could do. It had, he said, restored peace and happiness to many a home. After some further discussion the hill was referred to the Judiciary comriTit tee. HOUSE PROCEEDINGS. All Telegraph Companies Look Alike , to the Solons. The House was opened with prayer by Rev. Dr. J. W. Carter, of the First Baptist church. Reading of Saturday’s Journal was dispensed with. Reports of Standing Committees were made as follows: Judiciary—By Winston, of Bertie: Bousliall, of Wake: Patterson, of Robe soli; Hart-sell, of Cabarrus; Stevens, of Union. Education —By Clarkson, of Mecklen burg. Health —By Reeves, of Ashe. Rules —By Moore, of Jackson. Engrossed Bills—By Whitfield, of Person. Corporations—By Justice, of McDow ell; Leak, of Anson; Fousliee, of Dur ham; Bryan, of Granville. Counties, Cities and Towns —By Mc- Intosh. of Alexander. Pensions—By Hampton, of Surry. The petitions and new hills introduced showed a decided falling off. in number. Only four petitions were presented and twenty new hills were introduced. Among important hills introduced was one by Mr. Brown, of Johnston. to allow owners of dogs to list them at sheriff's office for taxation, at any time, and thus make them property. Mr. Rountree, of New Hanover, in troduced a Terrapin Bill. It restores section ”,377 of the Code in regard to diamond-hack terrapin, except that it makes a slight change as to the «imo of catching them. The Code makes it unlawful to take them terrapins between April 15th and August 15th. Latir amendments extended this from March Ist to Novemhe* loth. Now Mr. Rountree proposes to repeal these amendments and amend the Code so a to make it unlawful to allow diamond back ‘ terrapin to la* caught from April Ist to August Ist. A bill of great importance, and a!«n one that should Income law, was that by Mr. Council, of Watauga, to pro vide for the partition of land Where there is an intervening estate. The bill amend chapter 214. Laws of 18S17. so as to give tenants in common the right to partitions in real estate, during th existence of an outstanding life estate. The Laws of 181)7 provided for the sale of such interest, but failed to allow partition of the same and the present amendment is intended to give this relief. Mr. Winston, of Bertie, introduced :• separate car law. It makes it the duty of all railroads carrying passengers for compensation to have separate but equal accommodations for the white and col ored races; the duty of regulating and prescribing the rules for such separa tion is made obligatory on the Railroad Commissioners; who are made indicta ble if they fail to adopt and enforce such rules. Penalties and indiements are provided for a failure of railroads and the officers thereof to eonffply with the rules of the Commission. Pas sengers are also indictable who refuse to comply with the act. Among the hills passed were the fol lowing; To extend the time for beginning work on Fayetteville and Albemarle Railway until 1902. To incorporate the Bank of Chapel Hill. To amend section 2,148 of the Code, as to allow clerks to appoint commis sioners to prove wills. To provide stock law for New Han over. To allow Clay county to issue bond-- and levy special tax. To provide for cross-index to lulls. This bill requires that all wills he cross indexed, those already recorded as well as those hereafter to he recorded. Those already recorded are to' he paid for at a price not to exceed 7VL> cents i>er will. Those hereafter recorded must hi* in dexed without charge. Act in relation tobankruptey. This hill provides “that no promise to pay a debt discharged by any decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in any proceeding in bankruptcy shall be receiv ed in evidence in any of the courts of the State unless such promise shall oe in writing and signed by the party to he charged therewith.” The hill amending the charter of the city of Raleigh (H. B. 353) was with drawn by Mr. Bousliall. 'Hiis is the charter first drawn and adopted by the hoard of aldermen. In its stead the charter adopted by the citizens in mass meeting last Thursday night will be introduced. The hill to establish the Vance Textile School as a department ot The A. and M. College was made a special order for 12 o’clock Wednesday. The Scotland county hill was made a special order for Thursday at the ex piratiou of the morning hour. At 2,o'clock the House took a recess until 8 o’clock last night. THE DAY’S BUSINESS. REPORTED FROM COMMITTEES. The following hills wore reported with recommendation that they do pass— To authorize the board of commission ers of Anson county to levy a special tax. To incorporate Chapel Hill /school. To incorporate Burial Society No. 2, of Edenton. Resolution endorsing Bickford Sani tarium (colored.) TUB NKWS ash OJISKit VKB, FEB. 7, 181*9. To amend chapter 71. Private Laws of 1881), incorporating the Aberdeen and West End Railroad. To repeal chapter 171, Laws of 1855, to compel those setting large steel traps to put up signs indicating tlnir presence. To amend chapter 77. Private Laws of 188”,. To supply Hyde county with certain missing Supreme court reports. To amend chapter 49 of the Code. To amend chapter 114. Laws of 1895 appointing special tax collectors foi Northampton and Robeson comities. To provide for cross-indexing will%. To amend the charter of St. Peter’s Home in Charlotte. To amend the charter of the Bank of ReidsviUe. To incorporate the town of Mint Hill, Mecklenburg county. To amend chapter 15. Laws of 1895, in regard to shooting deer in Bladen county. To pay W. L. Norwood 8588.18 hack salary. To amend the charter of Albemarle. To authorize the commissioners of Alexander to levy special tax. To establish the Vance Textile school. (Substitute.) To incorporate the North Carolina Mutual and Provident Association, To extend the time for building the Albemarle and Fayetteville Railroad. To make the Scotland county hill special order for Thursday after expira tion of the morning hour. To extend the time for organizing the American Trust and Savings Bank. The following hills were unfavorably reported. To authorize mortgagees to buy at their own sale. To repeal chapter 461, Public Laws of 1893. To authorize Wilmington to deed the old court house to the Naval Reserves. To punish persons who sell sprituous liquors in local option territory. To amend section 1,246, so as to allow proof of deeds in counties where land is situated. To punish trespass upon the lands of another. (Amended to apply to Wake county only.) PEI TI ON S PRESENTED. Petition from the merchants of South port, asking the repeal of the Merchant, s Purchase Tax. By McNeil, of Bruns wick. Committee on Finance. Petition asking that the name of A. C. Yates he placed on the pension roll. By Council, of Watauga. Committee on Pensions. Petition asking that the name of Elijah Harmon he placed on the pension roll. By Council, of Watauga. Com mittee on Pensions. Petition from merchants of Loiiishiirg, asking repeal of the MAehants’ Pur chase Tax. By Davis, of Franklin. Committee on Finance. NEW BILLS INTRODUCED. H. B. 97(», S. B. 482: Act to appoint certain justices of tin* peace in Y\ ash iugton county. Committee on Justices of the Peace. IL B. 977. S. B. 372: Act to repeal chapter 324, Public Laws of 1897. re lating to work on the public roads in Halifax county. Committee on Roads. H. B. 978. S. B. 352: Act to amend section 3,034 of the Code concerning registers of deeds. Committee on .Indi cia ry. H. B. 5>79, 8. B. 321: Act to enable the town of Salem to establish a work house. Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns. H. B. 978. 8. B. 352: Act to amend section 1,262 of the Code. Committee on Judiciary. H. B. 981. 8. B. 363: Act to amend chapter 41. Laws of 1897. relating to a special tax in Montgomery county. Committee on Finance. 11. B. 982, 8. B. 376: Act to amend chapter 380. Public Laws of 1889. con cerning drainage. Committee on Agri culture. H. B. 983, 8. B. 402: Act to amend section 2.822. of the Code. Committee on Judiciary. H. B. 984. 8. B. 351: Act to repeal chapter 411, Laws of 1895. Committee on Judiciary. 11. B. 985. 8. B. 375: Act to amend chapter 2, Private Laws of 1891, incor porating the Great Falls Manufactur ing Company. Committee on Corpora tion. H. I>. 986. 8. B. 366: Act for the re lief of Mollie B. Britt, of Robeson county. Committee on Education. H. B. 987. 8. B. 409: Act to author ize the hoard of commissioners of Union county to use certain funds for the benefit of the Home for the Aged and Infirm. Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns. H. B. *BB. 8. B. 349: Act to repeal chapter !*. Laws of 1897. and re-enact chapter 206. Laws of 1895. Committee on Judiciary. 11. B. 989, S. B. 367: Act for the re lief of Annetta G. Hooper, of Robeson county. Committee on Education. H. B. 990. 8. B. 370: Act to prevent public drunkenness. Committee on Propositions and Grievances. H. B. 991.: Act to create graded schools for the town of Kinston. By Carraway, of Lenoir. On Calendar. H. B. 992: Act to place tin* name of W. T. Dale on the pension list. By Hoffman, of Burke. Committee on Pen sions. S H. B. 993: Act t<> iucortxmUe the town of Moncure. By Wrenn, of Chatham. Committee on Counties Cities and Towns. H. B. 994: Act to protect hotel and hoarding house keepers and owners of livery stables. By Mauney, of Chero kee. Committee on Judiciary. H. B. 995: Act for the relief of Wilson Hutchings, of Yancey county. By Austin, of Yancey. Committee on Pensions. If. B. 990: Act to appoint a justice of the peace for Lincoln township, Lincoln county. By Reinhardt, of Lincoln Committee on Justices of the Peace. 11. B. 997: Act to appoint a Justic of the Peace for Ironville township Lincoln county. By Reinhardt, of Lin coin. Committee on Justices of th Peace. H. B. 998; Act requiring separate Accommodations for white and colored races on railroads. By Winston, of Bertie. Committee on Railroads. IL B. 999: Act for the relief of G. H. Garden, sheriff and tax collector of McDowell county. By Justice, of McDowell. Committee on Finance. 11. B. 1,000: Act to place the nam of 11. F. Echerd on the pension roll. By Mclntosh, of Alexander. Committe on Pensions. „ H. B. 1,001: Act to place John D. Coletraipe, of Martin county on the pension ‘roll. By Stubbs, of Martin Committee on Pension)!. H. B. 1,002: Act to amend chapter 214, Public Laws of 1887, to enable heirs, pending the existence of a life estate, to partition or sell the interest therein. By Council, of Watauga. Committee on Judiciary. | H. B. 1.003: Act to incorporate the City and Suburban Electric company, of Charlotte. By Clarkson, of Mecklen burg. Committee on Corporations. I H. B. 1.004: Act to suppress tin illegal sale of liquor in Mitchell county. By Pritchard, of Mitchell. On Calendar. 11. IL 1,005, 8. R. : Resolution asking the return to the Senate of 8. B. 302, to increase the number of commis sioners of Northampton county. On Calendar. ' IL B. 1.006: Act for the relief of W. A. Graham, of Cherokee. By Davis, of Haywood. H. B. 1,007: Act to amend the chart-] er of the town of Southport. By Mc "Neil. of Brunswick. Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns. I H. B. 1,008: Act to place John L.; Harris, of Beaufort county, on the second-class pension roll. By Nicholson of Beaufort. Committee on Pensions. | 11. It. 1.009: Act to re-enact and put in full force and effect section 3.37 < of the Code, in regard to diamond-back terri pin. By Rountree, of New Hanover Committee on Fish. 11. B. 1,010: Act to amend section 2,502 of the Code, in regard to taxing dogs. By Brown, of Johnston. Commit-, tee on Judiciary. 8. B. 1,011. Act for relief of Mary A Fenmore, widow of a Confederate soldier. By Whitfield, of Person. Com mittee on Pensions. AMENDED BY SENATE. 11. B. 104, 8. B. 288: Act to amend sections 148 and 1(53 of the Code, remov j ing disabilities of married women. On Calenda r. H. B. 682. 8. B. 348: Act to amend ( chapter 213. Public Laws of 1897. in re-j gnrd to drunkenness at school entertain ments. .On Calendar. 11. B. 217. 8. B. 337: Act to amend chapter 102, Laws of 1873 and 1874. On Calendar. 11. B. 308, 8. B. 225: Act for the re lief of sheriffs and tax collectors. Com mittee on Finance. 11. b. 386, 8. B. 361: Act to repeal chapter 109. Public Laws of 1897, as to non-suit. (Substitute.) Committee on J udieiary. PASSED THIRD READING. H. B. 128. Act for the relief of 8. I). Dillenger of Yancey county—sloo • for services as teacher. IL B. 738. Act to incorporate the Brevard Banking Company. 11. B. 848. Act supplemental to an act to improve the roads of Anson coun-. ty. H. R. 1.005. Resolution asking re turn of 8. B. 302 (increasing dumber ! of commissioners in Northampton coun-. ty> to the Senate. H. B. 718, S. B. 272. Act to repeal the act incorporating the town of Yan eeyville. IL B. 183. Act to incorporate the Bank of Chapel Hill. 11. B. 363. Act to protect the pub lic bridges in Clqy county. H. B. 479. Act for the government of the town of Beaufort. 11. It. —. Resolution to make the Scot land county hill a special order for Thursday. H. B. 488. Act to authorize the com missioners of Clay county to borrow $3,000. issue bonds and levy a special. tax. H. B. 634. Act to correct land grant: No. 601 in Henderson county. H, B. 749. Act for incorporating the ( town of Sylvu in Jackson county. j H. B. 722. Act to incorimratc the| town of North Brevard, Transylvania county. I H. B. 447. Act to secure better drain age for Lockhart's creek, Lincoln county. 11. B. 451. Act to repeal chapter 427. Public Laws of 1895, and chapter 162, Public Laws of 1897, as to Jones coun ty (road law.) H. B. 455. Act to make Thomas' Woodal, of Johnston county, a. citizen of Banner township. H. B. 467. Act to amend section 2.148 of the Code relative to the probate of wills. H. B. 916. Act to extend the time for beginning work on the Fayetteville ami Albemarle Railroad to 1902. 11. B. 689. Act to amend the char ter of the town of Mount Olive, Wayne county. H. B. 489. Act to provide a stock law for New Hanover county. IL B. 975. 8. B. 448: Act to amend section 2,007 to 2,011. chapter 49, of the Code, so as to put telephone and telegraph companies on the same footing BREASTING Xbk TEE TIDE From every ham let comes the same story of the up-hill fight against ca tarrh. One local treat- /111 ment after another is tried without result for good. T)r. Hartman lias made this fight easier. His great prescrip tion, Pe-m-na, cures every phase of catarrh and leaves grateful, healthy people like those whose letters are printed here. Mrs. Jane Eldred, Max Creek, Mo., writes: Pe-ru-na Medicine Co., Columbus, O. Dkar Sirs: — “I was under the treat ment of several doctors and tried all the medicines I could hear of for ca tarrh, but got continually worse. I am now entirely well, thanks to Dr. Hartman and l’e-ru-na. i recommend Pe-ru-na to all afflicted with catarrh. I tliink it has added years to my life.’’ Mr. W. E. Shelton, Lone Grove, I. T., says: . “ I am grateful for this! m opportunity to say to those who may be suffering from ca tarrh that Pe-ru-na is what they need. I had for years been afflicted with this dreaded disease. Seeing Dr. Hartman’s Pe-ru-na recommended so highly, I de cided to give it a trial, and after having used only two bottles, I am happy to state I am rapidly traversing the road to health. Pe-ru-na is more than is claimed for it.” All druggists sell Pe-ru-ua. also to allow all telegraph and telephone companies equal privileges in construct ing their lines along railroads. 11. B. 695: Act to incorporate the Southern Real Estate, Loan and Trust Company, of Charlotte. I 11. B. 878: A«*t to authorize the hoard of commissioners of Anson county to levy a special tax of 20 cents on SIOO, and 60 cents on the poll. IL B. 503. 8. B. 121: Act to amend chapter 114. Public Laws of 1895, so as to abolish the office of tax collector for Robeson county. 11. B. 538: Act to amend chapter 1(58. Private Laws of 1897. so as to ex tend the corporate limits of the town of Roxboro and issue a $12,000 bond for public improvements. 11. B, 565, 8. B. 120: Act iir relation to bankrupts. I IL B. 613: Act to prevent horses and mules from running at large on the pub lic roads in Tyrrell county. If. B. 619. 8. B. 23(5: Act to amend 1 section 2,155. relating to tin* probate of wills. 11. B. 628: Act to amend section I 3,73(5 of the Code, relieving solicitors from attendance upon courts at which' only civil cases are tried. 11. b. 812: Act to change boundary line between counties of Ashe and Alle ghany. 11. B. 903: Act to amend the charter of Bt. Peter's Home, Charlotte. H. B. 243: Act to incorporate Chapel Hill school. 11. B. 639: Act to incorporate Butler Institute, in Martin county. H. 15. 633: Act to amend section 196 and 197 of the Code, in regard to re-j moval of causes from one county to 1 another. i 11. B. 563, 8. B. 101: Act to provide; I for cross indexing of wills, the cost not to exceed 7(4 cents for each will. PABBED SECOND READING. I H. B. 928. 8. B. 365. Act to incorpor ate the Carolina and Northern Railroad Company, from Lambent on to Golds boro and from Lumberton to Page’s, 8 C„ with a capital stock of $500,000: all j the incorporators being Philadelphia l capitalists. H. B. 630. Act to incorporate the ■town of Mayodan in Rockingham coun ty. BILLS TABLED. IL B. 471. Act to amend chapter 102, Laws of 1891, relating to the pro bute of deeds. 11. b. 486. Act to amend section 907 j of the Code. I H. B. 281. Act to protect buyers and I sellers of leaf tobacco, making violation ’ of contract by warehousemen or farm ers a misdemeanor. j 11. B. 168. Act to amend chapter I 194, Public Laws of 1895. j IL B. 61. Act to repeal chapter 123, Public Laws of 1897. j 11. B. 239. Act to amend section L -246. sub-section 2 of the Code, so as to allow proof of deeds in counties where land is situated. H. B. 575. Act to supply Hyde coun ty with certain Supreme Court reports. 11. B. (532. Act reclaim lowlands in Gaston and Lincoln counties. H. B. 605. Act to authorize a mort gagee to buy at his own sale. H. B. 627. Act to change the name of 8. E. Tucker and others in Surry county. 11. B. 548. Act for relief of John Cook, a Confederate soldier. I 11. B. 78(5. Act to cut down corporate ! limits of Eton College, j 11. B. 625. Act to amend chapter 449, * Public Laws of 1895, road law for I Warren county. I H. B. 638. Act to regulate appointment of notaries public. I H. B. 475. Act to authorize ih, com ' missioners of New Hanover county to give the naval reserve the old court house. C AI,EN I)A It RE FERR ED. 11. B. 258, 8. B. 114. Act to amend section 1, chapter 277. Public Laws of 1895, making one year’s abandonment ( cause for divorce. Referred to Com mittee on Judiciary. 11. B. 901. Act to regulate fees of county officers and reduce the same. Referred to Committee on Salaries and Fees. H. B. 201. Act to reduce the fees of county officers. Re-referred to Com mittee on Sola lies and Fees. 11. B. 341. 8 B. 28. Act to regulate bonds of officers of Craven county. Passed over until today. H. R. 74. Resolution to pay W. L. Norwood $588.18 pay as judge during the months of June. July and August. Committee on Appropriations. AMENDMENTS CONCURRRED IN. 11. B. 217. 18. B. 337. Act to amend chapter 52, section 1. Public Laws ol 1873 and 1874. H. B. 308, 8. B. 225. Act for relief of sheriff's and tax collectors. - • the patent medicine bill. A Hearing Before the Judiciary Com mittee Next Friday. The House Judiciary committee yester day set Friday for argument on Dr. Reeves' bill in regard to patent medi cines. It is understood that druggists from several towns and cities in the State desire to appear before the com mittee in opposition to the hill. It will he remembered that thp bill requires the sells of proprietary me< i eiues to print on t he label Hie formula ot which they an* composed. Dr. Reeves, author of the bill, is a practicing physician and a man of high character and attainments. The idea of the bill, as I gain it from him. is to correct the common evil among the peo ple of taking all sorts of hurtful nos trums and drugs. He says that a large number of sueli medicines are hurtful, producing diseased organs. He holds that the person taking them ought to be aide to see what he is taking: that whatever goes into a man’s stomach to cure him of disease ought to he pure and well known. “This is absolute protection to the people. If the article is good then the manufacturer ought not to tear a read ing of Ids formula; if it is had the peo ple ought to know it. The right of the manufacturer and seller are pro tected by patents and no possible harm can come of the publication of the formula.” NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that application will be made to the General Assembly of North Carolina now in session to in corporate the town of Manteo, Dare county. This 13th day of January, 1899. % w THE ANTI TRUST BILL. Further Consideration of it To-morrow Afternoon. Mr. Stevens' anti-trust hill was con sidered yesterday afternoon by the House Judiciary committee. It is evident, notwithstanding the pledges of the Democratic party on ibis question, that, several of the members of the committee will not support this or any other bill of the kind if they can help it. Whether a majority will he with them or not remains to he seen. Os tlu* members of the committee yesterday, Mr. Stevens spoke in favor of the bill and Mr. Rountree and Mr. Winston against it. “1 am entirely opposed to the hill," said Mr. Rountree. “I have never read it. I don’t know, therefore, exactly what it is. I’m just simply opposed to that sort of legislation.” Mr. Winston expressed himself in fa vor of anti-trust, legislation. hut hi* didn’t like the provisions of this parti cular hill. Mr. Jns. 11. Foil appeared before tlu* committee in Opposition to the hill, lb* expressed a fear that it would cripple the Cone Export Company and (hereby hurt the cotton mills of the State. He p tinted the beauties and advantages of the Com* organization in glowing colors, though In-appeared only, lie said, in his own behalf as an own r of cotton mill stock and for a few other persons for whom he had bought stock. Air. E. L. Harris, a jobber of this city, said the hill would compel! him to either quit business in North Carolina in to establish a nominal office in Norfolk or elsewh; re outside of the State. Mr. Julian, of Rowan, as a business man. endorsed the contentions ol Mr. Harris. He considered the bill m pte miiim on dishonestly. Replying to these arguments Mr. Ktevens said li was not wedded to his bill. He was for a good and effective anti-trust bill and this was the iiest he had seen. He was willing to take a better one, if somebody would sup ply it. Until they did he would stand by this bill. The Democratic party had prom ised and he for one proposed to do his best to fulfil the promise. “Some people consider it all light to promise, hut in had taste to legislate against trusts. I don’t know that this hill will prevent trusts, but I do know it registers the will of the ‘people.” Mr. Robinson —“Don’t you think these trusts are the outgrowth of tariff legis lation ?” Mr. Stevens —“No. They arc the out growth of greed and avarice.” ‘He read from the last report of Attor ney General Osborne asking for a men* stringent and effective anti-trust law, and recommending ’one of this ve*\r kind. Mr. Stevens also pointed out the 'act that the Supreme court of the United States has decided this* law constitu tional. Mr. Rountree—-“What good will it do to pass an anti-trust law?” Mr. Stevens —“You ought .*> have gone into the State Convention and asked that question.” “Tlie trust goes to Congress and says, ‘Leave this matter to the States to regulate.’ To the State Legislatures it says, ‘Let Congress pass a riat'omd anti-trust law.’ "The streets of Jerusalem were kept clean by every man sweeping in front of his door. “If the Democratic party ignores i f s pledges in this resp<*<*t then the people are going to be disappointed.” Mr. Rountree —“Don - you know 95 per eent of the persons who go into business fail?” Mr. Craig—“ The trusts cmdt them out.” Mr. Stevens—“ Trusts are hung form ed daily. You can scarcely pick up a paper but you see something of a new trust. But I’m not here t• > discuss trusts. That’s to he done by the Dem ocratic party in its platform. By that I stand. “It’s whispered that perhaps we’d bet ter go slow here; that we’d better touch corporate interests lightly, else these interests will withdraw their influence from the Democratic party in North Carolina. “Now I acknowledge that the busi ness interests of the Stare have non;- much for its best iuretests politically, but if the time has come when they are going to play the roll of political high wayman I say let them go. and joy go with them. They leave peace behind them.” Further consideration wJi lie given this bill in committee to morrow nidi r noon. SORB LUNGS Sore lungs, pain in the cheat and pain ful breathing are quickly relieved and cured by the old reliable specific, Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup. This remark able remedy breaks up a cold in one night and is, without doubt, the very best medicine for all affections of the throat and lungs. It has cured thou sands and will cure you. It never dis appoints. Try it at once. 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