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Legislature’s Last Week
SOLONS NOW LOOK FOR EARLY
ADJOURNMENT. ~
The Corporate Gray Apes Punched Cut of
the Banyan Tree With a Sharp Stick
—Senate Must do the Rest.
The Legislature yesterday began m>«u
what will nruhablv be the last wind.*'
week nf fliis session.
It will be a week of work. r .bn
is yet much to be done.
Most of it. however, has beer carefully
considered in. committee or decided upon
in oaueus, and need not therefore eon
smne any great amount of time in legis
lative sessioh.
The House yesterday disposed of some
knotty old questions—the oyster claim
hills and the Revenue Act, for instance
and cleared the deek of a great minds r
of local bills.
Owing to last night's caucus ail after
noon session was held, and from now «>n
there will be two sessions daily -morn
ing and afternoon or night. To-day it
will la* an afternoon session, as there
is another caucus to-niglit.
.Inst what day the Oenoral Assembly
will adjourn—or take a recess—no man
can now say. Some think it is possible
to tinish up the work by next Monday.
Others name Wednesday, while still
otht rs> think it will ho Friday,
In tho meantime the mills of legisla
tion will grind rapidly this wi-ek and
close inspection of the grist will he a mai
ler almost entirely for tlie committees.
THE TAX ON GROSS INCOMES.
Passed on Tts Final Reading in the
House, j
The net levying a tax on the gross in
comes of railroads was yesterday passed
by the House.
The Senate must do the rest.
At 11:30 o'clock, on motion of Mr.
Overman, of Rowan, the Revenue A<-t
was taken up.
On this Mr. Willard, of New Han
over, called the previous question.
Messrs. Overman. Rountree. Nichol
son, of Beaufort, niid Stevens gave no
tice of amendments.
Mr. Overman's amendment (a new
one) was a substitute for sections oil,
(id, <sl and (52, as follows:
“That for the purpose of raising in
creased revenue and equalizing taxation
the Railroad Commission or anybody
succeeding to their powers are hereby
required and directed as soon as prac
ticable and in time for the levy of ISIIII
to revise the assessments for taxation
of the entire railroad property of the
Slate and in doing so they should take
into consideration the value of ihe fran
chise. the gross earnings and net in
come of each road.
“That said assessors shall so increase
the assessments, where such increase is
justified, as will make each part and
parcel of railroad property bcar'iis fair
proportion of the burdens of taxation."
G. B. PATTERSON, OF ROBESON.
He “ll< Id Robeson" and The State is
Saved.
On ibis resolution there was no dis
cussion, owing to the tact that the pre
vious question had been called.
But when the vote came-the ayes and
lines being called-*-it was so close that
the excitement was intense. On com
pletion of the roll-call the opponents of
the tax were three ahead. There were,
however. +«nue who either had not heard
their names called or had come in since
the roll call la-gun. They desired t..
v ,ito. They voted, making a tie IS to
IS—and there was a pause.
any one else who desires to vote'."
asked the Speaker.
Mr. Giles, of Chatham, and Mr. M«-
Neill. of Brunswick, did. , They voted
This broke the tie. and the
vote stood 4S for the Overman amend
ment and 50 against it.
Announcement of the vote was greet
ed with lotnl amdause.
Those voting Tor the resolution were
Messrs. Allen, of Wayne; Brown, of
Johnston: Brown, of Stanly: Bryan, of
Madison: Bunch. Carr. Carrol, Clarkson,
Coats. Cochran. Connor. Council. Craig.
Currie, of Bladen; Haris, of Haywood;
Foil slice, Gilliam. Hampton, Hoey.
Johnson. of Johnston; Julian.
Justice, of Mi l >owell; Justus. Ken
nett. I.eak., Leathcrwood. Leigh.
Maitland. McFarland, McLean, of
Harnett: Moore. Nicholls. Nicholson,
of Beaufort: Nieheison. of Perquimans;
Overman, Pa'terson, of Caldwell: IV
nee. Pritchard. Ray. of Macon: Roun
tree, Snipes, Stubbs, Thompson, of Dav
idso'n, Wall. Williams, of Graham; WM
Hams’, of Yadkin: Wood
Wright.
Those voting against tin- amend
ment were: Messrs. Abbott. Al
len, of (VI tun bus: Austin. Barnhill. Bur
r..\v, Beasley. Boggs. Bousluill. (’ana
way. Cochran. Crumpler. Currie, of
Moore; Ciu-ris. Ellen. Homing,
Gamin'll. Giles, Hurl sell. Hauser.
Henderson. Ilemlren. Hoffman. Holman,
(nines, Johnson, of Sampson: Lane.
Lnwerv. Lyon. Mclntosh. Mannoy. Me
l.e.-tn. of Scotland: MeN'eill. Noble. Tur
keiiton. Patterson, of Robeson: Powell.
Bauson, Keeies, Reinhardt, Robinson,
Russell. Sugg. Thompson, of Onslow;
i Welch. Whitfield. Willard. Williams,
:_of Iredell; Wilson. *Wrenn—so.
The next amendment came from Mr.
Stevens, of Fnion. It was as follows;
"Whereas, it is the opinion of this
General Assembly that the present as
sessed value of railroad property in this
Stale is too low, now therefore, he It
■‘Resolved, '■'lin* the Board of Rail
road Commissioners are hereby directed
to so raise the valuation of railroad
property in this State, that the addition
al taxes paid by said railroads in the fu
ture shall not he less annually than
sixty thousand dollars, in excess of the
amount received from same source in
IS! IS.”
This met the same fate as Mr. Over
man's resolution.
Mr. Nicholson, of Beaufort, proposed
to amend section 5 so as to make build
ing and loan associations pay tax on their
mortgages as private individuals do.
MR. WII FIT TEL I►. OF PERSON.
The Man Which Resembles William
.1 linings Bryan.
This amendment also was voted
down.
Mr. Rountree proposed to amend the
section in regard to the granting of
liquor license by the county commission
ers by striking out the proviso "that no
person shall sign the application of more
than one applicant.”
This, too. failed to pass, and the Rev
enue Act was adopted without further
amendment. w
THE OYSTER CLAIMS BILLS.
The Amount of tno Claims Reduced One
Half and Allowed.
The everlasting oyster claims bobhed
up in the House yesterday t>u a substi
tute offered by Mr. Rountree, of -*eW
Hanover, for thu reitort of the (Vm
rnitfoe on Claims.
In presenting this report Mr. Rountree
spoke in advocacy of its adoption.
The substitute, be said, left the Car
teret county claims just as they wen
in the committee report; also the. claim
of the sheriff of Pamlico. It provided
however, for investigation of the claim
of ihe clerk of Pamlico county by a
commission of disinterested parties, one
half the cost of the investigatron to he
paid by the State and one half by tin
claimant.
He reviewed the history of these noto
rious eases. There was put on tin
statute books in 1803. he said, a stat
ute compelling the solicitors in Eastern
counties to bring actions to compel for
feit lire of certain oyster grants. in
eomplanee with this statute a great
many suits were brought. Later it was
decided in a test ease that ihe actions
would not lie,, as those • holding tin
grants' acquired vested rights. A mo
tion was made to tax the costs against
the State. That motion was success
ful. It was taken to the Supreme
court, which struck out certain items of
I costs and the costs were retaxed.
i Mr. Justice, a member of the Com
mittee oil i laiins, explained that after
refaxing the costs they amounted to be
tween $3,800 and $4,000. After some
five or six sittings, consuming some
twenty-five or thirty hours, the elaim
had been cut down by the commit tee
to about SI,OOO. The claim had been
carefully and -thoroughly investigated,
and many costs were found in the hill
that should not have been there; till
these were stricken out and only such
accounts t>s were considered just and
right were allowed.
Mr. Allen, of Wayne, stated that tho
i-lerk who Issued the summonses in Pam
lico was ileml.Vthe solicitor who brought
the suits wAs dead and the substitute
offered by Mr. Rountree simply asked
that the elaim lie investigated by a'com
mission of competent men.
“'1 lu-se claims ought not be tried on
the evidence of two un
sworn lawyers Who were employed, paid
i out of the State Treasury, and sent to
make investigation of the matter after
< a libel suit had been brought against
Mr. Worth, the State Treasurer. Tin
evidence they collected was to defend
him in this libel suit.
"Mr. Wi'trth is pretending t<> save too
State money, and yet he has paid pin
lawyer as much as s4<Mt to appear be
fore the Supreme court against payment
;of these claims. And yet when the ease
was argued this attorney was in Wash
ington city. Worth has paid In-tween
sl. otto and $1.(500 out of the State Treas
ury to keep from paying this claim. And
much of it was to get material t<> <l<--
teinl him in his libel suit."
i Mr. Allen further stated that lie had
not nppi-.-ireii before tin- commission
in regal’d to this elaim and had taken
tin part in prosecuting it before the Leg
islature because he had bi-en connected
• with it as attorney, and he arose now
merely for putting some facts la-fore tin-
House which ought to la- known.
Mr. Council read the report of the
i committee and argued that it ought
to be accepted without further conten
tion oven the matter before it contmis
; simi at additional cost to the State.
Mr. Winston favored the substitute.
‘ lie thought the claim ought to be inves
tigated by a properly constituted com
mission on sworn testimony.
Mr. ('iiuneil said the Committee on
('laiins had proposed this very course
early in the session, but the very men
who now ask it opposed the suggestion.
Mr. Gattis said if the matter was not
now properly disposed of it would la
continually coming up here before the
Legislature for the next twenty years.
He thought the projK-r way to dispose
of tin- claim was to have ii investi
gated by the commission.
Mr. Rountree called the previous ques
tion. and his substitute was lust by a
vote of 48 to 15.
The committee substitute was adopted,
as was also the committee substitute
for the bill in regard to Carteret enmi
ty claim.
The report of the Finance Committee
nn these claims, which was adopted by
tin- House, was as follows:
"We find that in the county of Car
teret then* were issued bt4 summonses,
and in each of these eases the clerk
is entitled to a fee for six continuances
of ‘SO cents for each ease: a fee of 10
cents for tiling the papers in each ease;
a fee of $1 for issuing (he summonses
in each ease, and a fee of $1 for jndg
mcut in each ease. The e'erk’s fees in
the Carteret county cases would there
fore lie as fulnws: Isuing summonses,
$104; tiling papers, $10.10; docketing.
s2ti; eontimranees. $<52.40: judgments.
slOl. Total $30(5.(50.
"The sheriff of Carteret county is al
lowed SSO in fees, which is a little less
than the amount he would lie entitled
to for actual service done. This allow
ance of SSO is by agri-emeu’ of coun
sel for the State and the sheriff. This
added to $305.80. makes the total
amount due the officers of Carteret
county, $35(5.80.
"We find that tln-re were alias and
pluries summonses issued in many of
these eases, under a misapprehension on
the part of the clerk, as to when they
might issue, and we do not therefore
allow any fees for tho issuance nf the
same.
"In the Pamlico eases, there were till
ed out and signed by the clerk <505 sum
monses. Five of this number did noi
go out of the clerk's hands. Throe hun
dred and twenty-seven of this number
were and still are on file in the clerk's
office, with no return of the sheriff there
on. find we are doubtful as to wlu-ther
Plioy ever went out of the clerk’s hands.
’Faroe hundred and sixty-three of tin
original six hundred and ninety-five
summonses, tv*- find left, the clerk's
hands and were in fact issued by him.
and he is entitled to his fees thereon.
Only one hundred and twenty-nine of
these three hundred and sixty-three
summonses were so served that the ac
tions would not have abated if the clerk
had not been under a misapprehen
sion as to the law of tho ease. He is.
therefore, entitled to eontinnanee in each
of the one hundred and twenty-nine
eases. We find that a large number of
alias and plm-ies summonses were Is
sued by the clerk under a mistake as
to when they should he issued, and we
therefore do not allow fees for the
same.
"The clerk's fees in the Pamlico cases
are as follows: Issuing summonses,
$3tS3; 12b eases continued six times at
30 cents each, 8222.20; 3,53 eases dock
i t,-d at 25 cents each $00.75: 3ti3 -cases
docketed in which a fee of 10 cents is
allowed in each case for filing pa tiers.
$3(5.30; judgments in 3(5.3 eases. $3153.
"There being some doubt as to whether
there were ‘itto summonses issued, or
only 3(53, and Judge Bryan having al
lowed for litin. the committee takes the
middle ground by making an additional
allowance for issuing summonses in 327
J. M. BROWN. oF STANLY,
Who Pomes From a Poultry That Never
Goes Wrong.
eases, but does not make any additional
allowance for judgments. continuan
ces, docketing or filing papers thereon,
and this adds to tin* cluk’s fees above
set out, the additional amount of .*327.
Total clerks’ fees in Pamlico county,
$1,402.25.
"We allow the sheriff a fee of 00
cents for every sumons, whether origi
nal, alias, or pluries, which the papers
show a return is made upon. This
makes the sheriff’s.fees amount to
$224.40., and when added to tit- clerk s
fees makes the totaf fees in the Pam
lico cases, $1,(520.65.
‘‘The committee have a differed; view
of the law of the ease from thu: which
the officers seam to/have had, and the
discrepancies between tho amounts
claimed by the officers and the amount
allowed b.v the committee, is aecoint
od tor by the views of the committee
upon the legal positions which are as
follows:
"No alias or i hirb-s summonses sinuml
have been issued, and no costs can b<*
allowed clerks for sm-h summonses ex
cept. where the return of the sheriff
shows that the original summons was pot
served because tile defendant could not
he fonftd in the county to which such
summons was addressed, and the com
mittee is of the opinion further that no
continuances shquld have been had. and
no fees should lie allowed for the same
wln;re the original summons was not
served and where no alias was legall.v
sued out. In such eases, no order of
the court being made, the action abated
.-is a matter of law.” *
NEW J. P.'S FOR WAKE.
Ninety-four Appointed Yesterday by the
Legislature.
In the bill providing additional jus
tices of tile peace for the Various Coun
ties of the State, Wake county gets the
following new ones:
Barton's Creek Township .1. I>. Allen.
•5. P». Norwood, Haniel Hoeftndny, P,
B. Lyon, David C. Beck, Paul Bailey.
I Bnckborn Township- J. W. Bolting,
THE NEWS AND OBSKKVEK, i?Eli. 189 U.
B. B. Freeman. J. H. Dupree. J. ,|
Edwards, R. P. Patrick. John Judd.
(’ary- A. W. Move. Rufus 11. Jones.
J. B. Steadman.
Pedar Fork-—W. p. Surles, John P.
Sorrell. .T. W. Parker, M. S. Barbee. A.
B. Lynn.
Houses Creek—-Sion M. Smith. A. M.
Thompson, Isaac Goodwin. J. G. How
ard.
Holly Springs - David P. Adams, Wal
ter L. Norris, Janies >!. Dennis.
Little Iliver—E. P. Wiggs. J. M. Whit
lev, P. Dennis Jones. Amos Dean. K. S.
Horton, W. W. Pace.
New Plight —W. H. O'Brien, Bcnj. I'.
Lawrence, W. 11. Chapel.
Middle Creek—George M. McPnllers,
Lutis 11. Smith. 1!. k. Partin, J. Ar
chmnld Smith, W. i|. Holland. J. K
Stinson.
Mark's Creek Bryan D. Harrison.
P. E. Richardson, F. M. Ferrell, W. A.
Liles, A. T. Mini. Oeorge F. Kennedy.
Nense River .1. T. Hunter, John P.
Dunn, George W. Norwood. P. A. Duim.
E. S. Dunu.
Oak Grove—J. 11. j.yon. .Tames M.
Patterson. J. G. Fnrgerson. M. S.
Chandler. James (Nichols.
Panther Branch Willis P. Turner.
H. Frank Smith. J. Wiley Jones.
St. Matthews Eugene Bartholomew.
N. \\ . Pool. John Baugh. Sidncj Partia,
Saunders Gattis, Melvin Pool.
St. Mary's—Thos. Jon - .. P. N. All. i.
Janies T. Broughton, Alev Snellings
George Mitchener. 11. D I.ami.
Swift Creek—Burrell S. Franklin.
Rufus Stephenson. Isaa- 1 Langston, Sid
ney Morgan, Thos. Harrison.
Wake Forest—Marion Pit ref oy. Zoh
Nance Peed, R. (’. Freeman. .1. A.
1 lartstiekl. George \\ . (» av is, John B.
Peebles, I. A. Young.
\\ liite Oak —\\. Charles Hunter, NY.
A. Ellington. Tlieopilus Maynard.
Armelius Suggs. John S. Baneom.
THE DAY’S BUSINESS.
P ETITiO NS I'RESEN T EI K
Petition of citizens of Bertie asking
that the name of NV. 11. Bazemore he
placed on tile pension roll. By NViusion.
of Bertie. Committee on Pensions.
Petitions asking that J. A. Lisk. of
Rowan county, be put <»n the pension
list. By Juli/in. of Rowan. Commia »-
on Pensions.
NEW BILLS INTRODUCED.
11. B. 1.841. Act to provide more per
fect ventilation for the State eapii >l.
This makes an appropriation of 88fit
and provides that the work bo done
in accordance with the plans submitted
by architects of this city. By NVinsfon.
of Bertie. Commit too on Appropria
tions.
H. B. 1.842. Act to incorporate the
town of Bethaven, Beaufort county. By
Nicholson, of Beaufort. Commits -e on
Counties, Cities and Towns.
11. It. 1.843. .Net to repeal chapter
108. Laws of IK7O. relating to ptifiuc
wharves and depots. By Patterson. < f
Rob son.. Committee on Judiciary.
11. B. 1.844. .Net to provide for the
better working of the pun fie roads of
the State. By Carraway. of Lenoir. On
calendar.
11. B. 1,845. Act to authorize the town
of Davidson, in Mi eklenburg county, to
issue bonds for street improvements and
water-works. By Clarkson, of M •• k
-1 tnlvurg. On calendar.
11. I*. 1,84(5. Act for the relief of
Perhain P. Mann, a Confederate sol
dier. B.v (Russell, of Carteret. Cotn
n ttee on pensions. 4
H. B. 1.8(7. Act for n-ffcf of E-m-lla
li. Mercer, of Carter t county. By
Russell, of Carteret. Commit! e on
Pensions.
11. B. 1.818. Act for relief of Harri
son Aldrige from certain license taxes.
By Pritchard, of Mitchell. On calen
dar.
11. B. 1.850. Act to change tie- rim
of holding courts in NYilson county. By
Connell, of Watauga. On calendar.
PASSED THIRD READING.
11. B. 182 lb). S. B. 1.155. Act to ap
point additional justices of peace
for certain counties in North Carolina.
11. B. IS2 (at. S. B. 15158. Act to re
peal chapter 157. Public Laws of 1805,
so as to allow the Legislature to appoint
justices of the peace in Washington.
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WEARY WOIW^
"Tired and broken down women, whose
lives are made miserable through the
blighting intiuenoes of female complaints,
why do you sufferV"
"Why will you allow yourself to be
come ‘blue.' discouraged and despon
dent V"
"Why will you endure the torture of
backache, headache, bearing down pains,
nervousness and other weaknesses
caused by rheumatism or head troubles';"
"If you suffer thus it is wholly need
less and entirely your own fault."
"There is help for yon and for all other
women who suffer in this way."
"Let me read you these words, which
were recently penned hy a woman who
sjuffered, who endured, who sought and
who found relief.”
"Mrs. H. P. G. Carnes, one of the
Granville. Vsinee. Warren. Forsyth. Per
quimans. Caswell, Pasquotank, Harnett.
Edgecombe. Bertie. Chowan and Mont
gomery counties.
11. it. 183, S. B. 1.15(5. Act for the
appointment of additional justices of tin
peace for Caswell. Granville. Washing
ton. Warren and Vance counties.
H. R. 1.840. Resolution for appoint
ment of a committee to audit accounts
for incidental expenses incurred by the
House. tVimqjtteo: Overman, of Row
an; Currie, of Moore: and Ransom of
Mecklenburg.
11. B. 020. S. B. 403. Resolution to
pay F. P. Jones ($200) expenses in
Jones-White contested election ease.
11. I*. 1,808. -Net to change die
name of the North Carolina Institution
for the Deaf, Dumb am) Blind v* the
Stale institution for tin- Blind.
H. It. 1.510. Act to raise revenue.
11. B. 2tt(i. -Net to pay oyster claims
in Pamlico county.
11. B. 2t)o. Act t<> pay oyster claims
in Carteret county.
H. It. 184, S. It. 1.213. Act to ap
propriate $5,000 for payment of the
immediate incidental expenses of the
State's Prison.
H. It. 1.(00. Ad to ineorporatc the
Cant- Fear and Cumberland Railroad
Comnanv.
H. B. 1.2.72. S. It. 520. Act to levy
a special tax in Tyrrell.
ii. It. 1.52.0. Act to inchrporate the
Trans-Appaiaehiun Railway ('ompany.
H. B. 1.120. Act to incorporate
Southern City. Rowan county.
11. It. 4.294. Act to incorporate the
! high school at Bryson City under ihe
name of the James L. Robinson Itisti
lute.
11. B. 1.511, S. B. 725. Act to au
thorize Pitt county to borrow money,
issue bonds and levy a sja-eial tax.
11. B. 978. Act to regulate the shoot
ing of wild foul in the waters of Car
teret county.
11. B. 1.227. Act to prevent the tak
ing of oysters in Top Sail township. Pen
ile!- county, for sale or transplanting
from Feb. 25th to Oct. 25th.
H. It. 1,716, S. It. !)91. Act to amend
the charter of the town of Lntishurg.
11. B. 1,993. Act to amend the eh af
ter of the town of Lineolnton.
11. B. 755. Act to amend the charter
of the town of Maxton.
11. 15. 1.323. Act to incorporate the
Citizens Savings Bank, Durham.
11. 15. 1,327. Act to incorporate tho
Carolina Banking. Loan and Trust Com
pany.
11. It. 1.1(50. Act to incorporate the
United Mining, Constructing and De
velopment ('ompany.
If. B. 1,435. Act to allow the town
of Rockingham to issue bonds to con
struct water works.
11. It. 1,129. Act to allow Caldwell
county to levy a special tax to build
a jail.
H. It. 1,259. Act to amend the char
ter of the town of Wilkeshoro.
11. It. 1.460. Act to amend chapter
25, Laws of 1593.
11. It. 1.199. S. It. 568. Act to rejn'ftl
the iii-r <chapter 449. Laws of 1S!)7) reg
ulating the sale of liquor in Fnion
county.
ii. 15. 1,713. S. It. 763. Act to repeal
chapter 129. Laws of 1895, establish
ing ti graded school at Clinton. This
hill leaves the matter to he voted on
bv the people.
11. It. 1,591, S. B. 77.8. Act to pro
hibit the sale of liquor in the county
of Columbus and establish a dispensary
at NVhiteville.
PASSED SECOND READING.
11. It. 1.K65. Act to protect tin* water
supply by providing for frequent-inspec
tion of the water sheds, and otherwise
This Pill appropriates SSOO for the analy
sis of water tor small towns and rural
districts that have no watir sunplv.
Elsewhere the water company must have
ilu- analysis made. The hill was drawn
by Dr. Lewis.
11. It. 1,337. Ai t to incorporate fio
town of Alexis. Gaston county.
11. It. 1.405. Act in aid of the, pub
lic schools of Asheville, increasing the
tax fr on 2t> to 30 cents.
11. B. 1.406. Act to allow the city
of Asheville to issue bonds to fund its
debt.
11. It. 1.045. Act to establish graded j
schools for the town of Mt. Olive.
11. B. 1.103. Act to incorporate tin* i
town of Saratoga, hi Wilson county. I
11, B. 460. Act to incorporate the
best known ladies in Butler, Pa., says:"
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the doctor’s care, a constant sufferer
from female weaknesses in tin- most ag
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town of Granite Falls. Caldwell county.
H. B. 1.(539. 8. B. 74<>. Act 1o fund
the bonded indebtedness of Murfrees
boro township, Hertford county.
H. B. 906. Act to incorporate the
town of Mint Hill. Mecklenburg county.
H. B. 1.650. Act to amend section
7. chapter 3(53. Laws of 1889, increas
ing the road tax in NN’ake county from
eight to ten cents.
11. 15. 1.564, S. It. 637. Act to amend
tin* charter of the town of Fannville.
BILLS TABLED.
11. It. 29. S. B. 1.152. Act to abolish
the office of tax collector in Wake
county.
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(Goldsboro, Daily Argus.)
! To the Argus, it appears that next
to securing permanent white government
j in North Garolina. the question of school
luniks for the children of the State is lit *
j most important liefore the legislature.
I The prices now paid for school hooks
j are too high. Then- is no doubt about:
that.
'I in- American Book Company, the
giant corporation which absorbed, some
years ago. a large numb r of the great
publishing houses, and the l niversity
Publishing Company, which, according
to report, is always in harmony with the
American Book Company, .an* moving
heaven and earth to get the Legislature
to continue their hooks two years lon
ger tit the prnsetit prices, without giving
; any opportunity whatever to other pub
j lrshers to present the merits of their
hooks. At the same time, as we have
! learned from the Raleigh papers, oth r
publishers are begging the General As
sembly to let all publishers stand on ihe
same footing. Moreover, these publish
ers, who urn in every way responsible,
offer to furnish better books from
twenty to fifty per cent cheaper than
prices now paid.
’This proposition is as fair as the sun.
and we cannot think that % the Great
Democratic Party will hesitate one uno
] meiit to give to the poor children of
North Carolina the opportunity to get
jtheir school books for less money than
they are nom paying.
Two years ago. when the Fusion
qrowd was in the saddle, we would have
not been surprised, hut the Democratic
party of North Carolina, opposed to all
trusts and combines, will never put it
self on record as the friend of monopo
ly and corporate greed, and the enemy
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great American Book Company, in tin
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Tile plain truth is the party could not !
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ADM IN' ISTRATOR’S NOTICE.
Having qualified as administrator o
the will of the late W. L. Crocker, no
tice is hereby given all parties indebted
to said estate to come forward and set.
tie. All having claims will present
them between now and February Ist,
1900, or this notice will he plead in liar
of their recovery.
A. S. CROCKLR.
January 31st, 1899. - 2-1-1 aw 0w
SPECIAL MEETING.
A special meeting of the stockholders
of the Raleigh and Augusta Air Lino
Railroad Company will be held at the
office of the company in Raleigh, N. C.,
on Wednesday, the Bth day of March
next at 11 o’clock a. m.
By order of the President.
J. M. SUERWOOOD,
Secretary.
Portsmouth, Vn.. February Sth, 1899
Notice is hereby given that application
will be made to the General Assembly
of North Carolina, now in session, to in
corporate the North Carolina Bar Asso
ciation.
• January 26th. 1898 1-2R4NM
SPECIAL MEETING.
By resolution of the Board of Direc
tors a special meeting of the stock
holders of the Raleigh and Gaston Rail
road Company will bo held at the office
of tin* company in Raleigh, N C., og
Wednesday the Bth day of March,
1899, at 10 o’clock a. m.
J. M. SHERWOOD,
Secretary.
Portsmouth, Va., February Sth, 1899.