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i! P. I . t , 1 . TUD 2TEV7S AtfD OBS12HVHB, WE DSE3bAY, riBtXAin. 3,1009. v. OUR- FLEET IS L I BIIllilTl Salutes aro Exchanged v ' : t i-. r W. HIPS THERE Vessels of Various Navies Exduuigc . Noises IWUi Those of Vncle Sain. ' That Function Having Been Po$t- poned From Sunday Out of Respect - for the Day. :A;..iy:' a.,;:A.;': ( By the Associated Press. ) -Glbralter. JFeb. 1. For one hour this mornW the port tot Glbralter eeemed to be the scene of ,a naval engagement Aat close - J range. The American battleships that arrived yes terday were exchanging! tne 841111168 with the shore and the! foreign war ships Ln the harbor that! were omitted because of Sunday. - j- ' - The Connecticut saluted . the port and the flag of Vice j Admiral' Sir James Goodrich, the commander ol nil the naval establishments at Glbral ter with twenty-one guns and when these had been' returned gunfor gain from a shore battery and the British battleship Albemarfe, other salutes .were fired to and answered by the Russian, Frenchi and Dutch warships In port. The reverberations were In- : cessant for Ian hour, and clouds oi gray smoke, blew over the waters. The colliers promptly, took up their posi tions alongside the Minnesota, Ver mont and Kansas, and . before th sounds of saluting guns - had died away the bands on board the- ship were playing 'Tag time"! to liven up the dirty, and arduous work of coal- in The Rhode Island and; the New Jer sey came into port at HO o'clock thl morning and were 'followed, , an hour later, by the fourth division, the Wis : constn, Illinois, Kearsage and Ken tucky, which . anchored ; outside the breakwater.; The third division, con slstlng of : the Louisiana, Missouri Ohio and Virginia, brought up the rear The warship basin Is too smai to permit the entrance of the. entire American" fleet, consequently some of the vessels had to anchor outside. -. - Rear Admiral Speiry.j aompanled by the roebers , of . his staff, came ashore at noon and ..called officially upon General Sir Frederick Forrestier ' Walker .the -military governor. V a . ft - General . -Forrelater-Walker. who : has been It- Algiers for his health, teturned especially to welcome Admiral Sperry and this ltrter0O1n he called upon the Admiral aboard the Connecticut. ; ... 1 . - No shore liberty will be granted the ..in .n uiinra ,' durlnsr . their : stay AIUCIIVUU .-v. - . . . , here, except to permit them to partici pate In the athletic games-being arj ranged by the crews op: tne r-nMtnJ 111 A. . tvi Amprirnh officers . listened to many congratulatory words from the Pritish and other , fore! gU officers who visited the ships. ! : : Artmlil to Join SDertT. xo cVinornn ty c... Feb. 1. Admiral 'Arnold' third sauadron jof the Atlan tic fleet, now concentrating at Auan tanamo, is under orders to leave there between February 8 and 10. to meet Admiral Sperrys ' two fsquadrons ol sixteen battleships, which are to leave Gibraltar February .6. Somewhere In the Thread ; Atlahtlc thehips of the Several squadrons will get into ire less communication with each other and then with Admiral 'Arnold's ship as an; escort. " the vessels will proceed towards Hampton Roads, where I they are due to arrive February 22. . ST. AGUES WAS 01) FIRE Colored Hospital In :A . Blaze Yesterday - Fire Began From a Defective Drum In TUird Story and the! Patients Are Removed Without Any Serious Con- equenccr . - - ' Twenty patients in St Agnes Hos pital, the colored institution at St Agnes .School were hastily but care fully transferred yesterday morning to temporary- quarters in another bulldinc;, while fire was raging on the third -story of the hospital. .None were too ill to be moved and there is no serious results from the trans- I fer. . ,a. ;,;v- i- - " (The fire - was discovered- about half past eight o'clock yesterday morning, the flames coming from, the roof. The alarm from box 19. Corner of Jones ( and Bin. street carried the department there, but on arrival It was " found that t ha fire was outside of the clty limits. Learning that there' were no fire plugs :at SL Augustine, Chief Mangum sent out the Rescue and the Victor Companies. . , . J .The. fire plugs, were found to be frozen) and these had to be thawed out before a stream of witer. cou'd be hsd. The fire, which nd originated from a defective drum burnt down ward and. made slow progress. .fv : Fin ally fqur streams of water were turn- ed on it and It was stopped, t The roof and side of the northeast corner of the building were damaged, the fire being confined to Its starting point, "iupd the loss is said to be about $1,000, covered by insurance. j .The damage was . to - the building heretofore used as the hospital, and not to the new hospital building, Which is not yet occupied!. The fire men did fine work' as did the students of St. Augustine, male iand female, who moved the patients to .temporary qyarters and got out all the furniture and household effects. i ; " t .J- i i ; W , i FOR A NEW RUIliDIXG. ; Medical Department of State Vni - versity to Have New; Home, a . The medical department of the State University, located j In Raleigh is to have a new home.! tone of its ".The department is now occupying , a. leased building , on ! Fayetteville street, next the building formerly; oc cupied, by the News and Observer. Vhere the new. building ; is to . be . erected has rnot yet been t made pub lic, but the , plans are tpl , make it - a modern building In every! way, so as i to give the students of the depart " znent the-, best -of advantages.' J . j ' ; , - No man - has occasion - to - apologize lor dolrs his duty. Itopoxtcnt to all Women Peltiers of this Paner. S' Thousands upo'i - thousands of wo W have kindney trouble and never suspect it. ' ? ' Women's complaints often prove to b hothlng else but kidney trouble, or tte result of ftldney or bladder disease. lf th,p kidneys are not in-a healtlti condition, they will cause the other or tins to-become diseased. : jYou may suffer a great deal with pdin Inlthe back, bearing-down feel ings headache and loss of ambition. i'Pobr health makes you ner'ous, . Ir riabld and , may be , despondent; - it ntakes'ftny one so. - - - : IBut .thousan Irritable, ner- vdus, tired and broken-down women have restored their health and fength by the use of Swamp-Root, the great Kidney, Wver and . Bladder Remedy. ' . s Swamp-R5dt brings new life , and acltlvitvyto the kidneys, the cause of such troubles. , ; : . . IMany send for a sample Dottie 10 see what Swamp-Root, the great Kid ney, liver and Bladder Remedy will db for them. Every reader of this paper, . who has not already tried it, mav address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bing hamtori; X. Y.. and receiw ; sample bottle : free by mail.. .. You can. pur chase the regular fifty-cent and one dollar size bottles at all drug stores. TISv GnOiiriD-IlDG DAY - D r -Will He See His Shadow and Go Back alt Does ?t lie Weatlier Ian Gives Out thrt Comfortins: News Tliat Cr the Weatner Is to be Warmer. , Wilt be see his shadow today when h pmereea from his hole in ' th zround ? . This Is the question that wll. be settled before the sun goes down to- ight. 'V ' The reference is of course to Mr, Ground-Hog. Or is It Mra Ground- Hoe, or Miss Ground-HogT At any rate this is . Ground-Hog Day,' upon the events . of the day in the way of shadows the country la to learn whether or not; we are to hav a late jr an early spring." ' , The popular mj-th or rural tradi tion has.lt that on the second of Feb ruary .the ground-hog, - sometimes known as the wood-chuck, first comes out of Its burrow after Its hibernation, and that upon what Js done depends the fate of the weather. - The saying zoes that if the ground-hog sees its ihadow on the second df February when- it emerges, that it will at once withdraw to its burrow and , will re .nain there for six weeks longer, as .he slen to it by its shadow is that .hem Is to be more cold weather the jnplicafioh being that the country is to have a cold spell before warm ana sunshiny days arrive, the return "to .he ground of the ground-hog saying .hat . the sunshine which has aroused it fromlts torpidity has not come to stay, bat will be followed by a cold or late -season. . t That Is the prophecy that the ground-hog has attached v to its movements, and what happens will be observed with interest. Yet no-mat cer what happens today there is good news from the weather man. who last alght sfild that it would turn warmer vOday and that the present cold wave would 4idr this section. of -the country good-bye, .though it may prove- to De only t :aurevoir ; f v 4 -.- fteiteTltaa tlie Grouml-IIos. ' Here; is wjbat-Joe Kerr a writer in a con temparary. " gays ' Is something better as a "prophecy than the-' ground hog, his account being In the following I "Do 'believer' in : the ground-hog?'! replied the old farmer, with a smile, as the question - was put to him. "Wall, I can't say as I do. Mebbe here's some- as do and mebbe they find hfcn all. right, but I reckon It's folks Ihthe cities. I've noticed that they git-, all sorts o' notions into their heads." ' ' . . ,.; , . "But here --is- a ground-hog, isn't here? -' , . "Mebbe, but no farmer can swear to it" wV - "Butt tradition tells us that the ground-.'jog comes out. of his burrow on the 2nd of February." ; LiKe;cnough ne floes, but I never heard of. any farmer fool nufl to watch ftHv him,"' - . 'Theii you can't believe thai if he sees his shadow he will go back in his burrow and stay for six weeks?" was asked. - , ;."Whafsrhls shudder got to do with it?" V u-, ' ' "I can't say,"; 1 r - ro more can 1. lie s a fool of a ground-hog if he dori't make his burrow-in the -w oods, -and how's he got n to see hifrshadder there? Would It make any difference if a calf saw his shadder on that day?" Thensilcan ,tak.e Jhat, you don't oeii.Hb m the old saying?" I hain't say in', yes nor no to the ground-hog business." replied - the old man, ".but I'm tellln you that I've got a better thing. When I git up on the I mornln of . February 2nd 1 take a good Jong look at the old woman's face. If-1 see a scowl between her eyes and .hear her teeth grlttlnV I alt ready for six weeks of snow and hall and Jaw In' and faultfindin' and callin' me names, if there's a smile on her face , initead. and she .makes extra good slapjacks for breakfast '; I Just iurn u ana Degin to grease the plow and hunt up the . seed corn and look ior Diue-;birds and robbing within ten days. The rest of the folks can nave the .ground-hog if they want to. but as for me gimme the old woman every time." ; . . . ' ... W. V. NEAR PHOHIDmOX. Thf House Adopts the Dill AgaliMt :. Charleston.. V.- Va.. "Feh. - Prohibition amrndment to the Ktntu constitution prohibiting the manufac- xure ana,, sale of. intoxicants within the Stale passed the Houiie of Dele. gates oday by aV6fe ' of 62 to 13. Eleven members were absent. The measure will go at once tr tha Ren. ate where; its fate is in doubt. Eleven Senators can kill h amendment and nine are onenlr oD- posed to(4t while two are aid to h in doubt. " r: - '"-vv-- -', S ..;-;-;-- If passed by, the Senate the amend. ment will not , become effective until ratified by popular vote. There Is lit tle doubt, however of its adontion if submitted to popular vote, as already about two-thirds of the counties are Without saloons. l . -.-. f - Many -a man' vhn bnutx that Via la self-made would be a pretty poor job If It had not been for the shaping his wife gave hirnvw. .:;.;;. . . - ; To-esve your faith fromformatIf n trinVit-i rvry articla Into an act. ) CS IIP OU AUTOS ' ' 1 Decline-, to Accept the Senate Amendment TO de no Uouns Votes Two to One Against .the Proposed Increase of 5500,000 Made for Aeronautics -Representatives Have More or Less run Over Taft Is 'Avondupois. " (By the .Associated Press.) Washingten, P. Feb. 2. The House locked horns today with the Senate on the-auestlon of automobiles for the White House, and refused to accept an amendment to the urgent deficiency bill striking out the appro priation of $12,000 for that purpose. The bi!l was sent to conference after a humorous debate in which several members took occasion to refer to the bodily proportions of the President elect. - - ' - The hopes of the army for sufficient money , to continue Its experiments' in aeronautics were blasted when the House reconsidered its action of last week, and by a vote of almost' two to one withdrew, the increase of $500.- 000 then made. After undergoing this and other amendments the army appropriation bill was passed and consideration of ' the agricultural ap propriatlon bill Immediately begun. Under license of debate on the lat ter measure, Mr. Keifer made an ex haustive speech in support of his bill for a ship canal from Toledo to Cin cinnati along! the Miami and Erie canal. ' -. Mr. Ansberry, of Ohio, spoke in ad vocacy of a ship canal from Chicago 10 loieao and Mr. Larrlnaga, delegate from- Porto Rico, urged a duty on other than Porto Rlcan coffee enter ing tne united statea The desirability of Durchastnr Auto mobiles for the White Houm wm the bone of contention whe.n Mr. Tawney tiuinnesoiai canea up tne urgent de ficiency appropriation bill and moved mat me senate amendments be dlsa greed to and a conference asked. ; In deference -to the wishes of Pres- laent-eiect Taft the toll! j as It' niid the House, carried an appropriation of iz.uuv ior automouiles, but the Senate struck out the provision. Mr. uartieit (Ueorgla) wanted , that amandment voted on separately, ro mancing mat he was In favor of'lt. Mr. Clark (Missouri), the minority teauer. ana Air. 179 (Tennessee) supported nis contention with the re suit that the opportunity they desired was afforded. 1 "The incoming President," said Mr. rawney with a significant smile, "de sires -to abandon the use o" horses for reasons which you cap all,, under ttand.Tk;r -..i; : r In a vigorous speech in support of uie ienaie amendment Mr. Sims (Tennessee) said he did not favor the automobile as a means or travel ln ereat city. Mr. Taft, he declared, was demanding the adoption of a dan gerous method of travel , not only to himself but to citizens. 'Let u be hold," he exclaimed. "and vote down tnis tning." tie aasenea tnat Mr. Tart while a man of large build, could ride a horse and could get Into a carriage. If the carriage platform was not big enough. ne saiu. it cousd be made so. r f'We already havebuilt him such a platform," commented Mr. Mann (Illinois) amid laughter. r'But ybu are trying to get him off tnst piatrorm," resnonded Mr. Slma The amendment by the Senate strik Ing out the automobile provision was aisagreeo to zt to 185 and th bill, af ter al! other amendments had been re jected was sent to conference. , ' ; 1 a " : AMFfJD COfJSTITUTIOn S j:n!a7 3yir J of Charities t the Legislature Miss Daisy Denson. Secretary !of the State Board of Charities, in her annual ireport discusses many phases or the work of her department, rec ommending no small number , of re forms, none of which is more inter esting than her bringing the atten tion of the General Assembly to those sections of the Constitution relative to the working of certain convicts on the public road a On this subject Miss Denson says: ; xne constitution. Art. ai, says that 'No convict shall be farmed out who has been sentenced on a charge of murdgr, manslaughter, rape, at tempt to commit rape, or arson "Again, in section 135 7, chapter 24. Vol. I. of the ReVlsal'of 1905 (chap ter j on county prisons and convicts on public roads), there is the fol lowing proviso That no person who has been convicted and sentenced on a charge- of murder, manslaughter. rape, attempt to' commit rape, or arson, shall be ' assigned to county roads under this chapter.' "As we .found that these classes which seemingly i are prohibited by the : constitution and the statute are so worked, we deemed, it proper to call the attention of the authorities to the ' matter and to ask for an opinion from the Attorney-General. The directors cheerfully -forwarded desired information and, signified their intention to abide by the rul ing. They reported that at the four railroad camps there were 298 con victs, of whom 192 had been sen tenced on these charges. -There were forty-two escaoes during the year. -many of whluh were from . the camps and were life pris oners and long-term men. This class of convicts is a desperate one. ready to take desperate chances and tempted to do so by the apparent freedom. .. Being worked with short term! men. the latter must of neces sity be -subjected to ? greater restric- . a A u ' mi t f . : . . nuua. jiueir .escape is. a menace 10 the community. It is contrary to the spirit, of the law and . probably ille gal;' As-: this i-auestion . affects -radically present conditions, and as there are , other' changes desired in .regard to prisoners,-the authorities did: not deem it expendlent to - precipitate these changes, and so no -opinion was rendered by the. Attorney-General, -1 "We 'feel that 'it is -our duty tto brfng the subject to the attention- ,t the. General . Assembly. In order tha the law-1 may be . -understood and obeyed; or,- if :ln -the wisdom of the7 lavvnaiters - the --working . of - such) pruoners tnouia De continued, then I there should be a constitutional f amendment to tt r"- t." AIRSHIP II JUDGE (ILLEO'S K Convenes Superior Court at TION IS PRAISED JurLit in Cliarg-c to tirand Jury IK'tlr crs Powerful Argument on Dencflts of ProliiUtlon, aiul Condemns t'n scathingly llic Hvils of Intemperance Some Comparative Data. (Special to fews and Observer.) Wilson. X C, Feb. 1. Wilson Supe rior court convened this morning with Judge Oliver If. .Allen on the bench. The judee's charge to the grand Jury was timely, and as one good old Chris tian expressed It "as good as a ser mon." From the time the judge began his talk until Its close a . pin -ould have been heard to fall In the large court room. He started out by saying: "I can al ways tell ;a temperance county ln a very short while by looking into the faces of the people in the court house. Neglected children and Intemperance go hand in hand, and is the cause o nine-tenths of the crimes which are committed in our State., "Gentlemen, blind tigers may oe With us, but if you do your duty it will go a long way toward breaking hem up. Some say that prohibition will not prohibit, but I insist that it will If Juries do their duty." . He urged the grand Jury to visit the graded schools, also to visit the county home and see that the inmate in that Institution are properly cared for; also to go to the stockade and all and ascertain whether or not the Inmates are humanely treated. He emphasized three fruitful causes of crime: Intemperance, ignorance and neglected children and urged the grand ury to search for those crimes which feed upon these causes, to-wit: en the prohibition laws. Investigate thl condition of the school and conduct of the school officials, etc He aald he had seldom, if ever, seen a boy or young man on the criminal docket who lived' In a home where father and mother were both living. That the true principle of punishment should be to sentence a criminal to prison an: he should be discharged when 1 competent board ..say he . is fit to be lurnea oui ana noi 1111 men. In seaklng of why It is best that prohibition should continue. He emphasized three principle -auses or crlme?n temperance, -lg.no- rance and neglected children and irged theg rand Jury - to search for uiose crimes wnicn ooraer upon mese -auses to enforce the prohibition laws; Investigate the condition of the ichools; conduct of. the school officials .superintendents of the county schools and homes. r iff said he. had seldom or ever seen a boy or young man on the criminal docket who lived Ln a homew here father and mother were both living. -The Judge further said: "That the true principle or punisnment should be- to sentence a criminal to prison. nd he should be discharged when ever a competent board says he is fl to be turned out and not till then. Judge Allen. quoted from . William son's History published during the rear 1812, where he ' says: 'Trere is not and - never -was a nation on the face of the earth so. much endangered by .the use or strong drink as the citl eni of the United States." He quoted from Boise on Crimes the names of, two. men and the, lives led ty their descendants showing the difference between leading temperate and intemperate lives. Of Max Jukes who was bom in 1720. who was a drunkard and a rauper. One thousand and two hun dred of his descendants have been Identified as inmates of penal and charitable Institutions estimated to have cost the country one thousand dollars each; three hundred and ten were Ui poorhouses; three hundred died in childhood; four hundred and forty viciously' diseased; fifty noto rious prostitutes: seven murderers; sixty habitual thieves, and one hun dred and thirty convicted of crime." Jonathan Edwards who was born In 1703. thl sanclent history goes on - to say. in comparison or this temperate man with the drunken aiax jukes: 'There were one thousand three hundred and ninety-four descendants. Identified In liOO. from records two hundred and ninety-five co'lege grad uates; sixty-five professors; many principals of schools; sixty physicians; one hundred or more clergymen; sev enty-five officers in the army and navy; - one- hundred and thirty-fiv tumors of books: more than one hun dred lawyers; thirty Judges; three United States Senators; several Gover nors: mayors, ministers to fofelm -ountrles; fifteen railroad presidents; eighteen editors of periodicals and none of crime. The above Illustrations tell which is better for alltemperate lives. KILLSSelf Wilmington Han Commits Awful Crime Wilmington. Feb. 1. Because she would not consent to return with him to Atlanta, Ga., or surrender to him their 17-monhs-oM child, Edward A. MIzer, a young white man living here , for the past eix weeks, Sunday at Second , and Nun streets, in a prominent residence section, inter cepted hit young wife, a daughter of John IL 'Land, - as she wai on . her way to the . . First - Baptist Sunday school; : shot her twice, resulting in her deatu an hour later at-the sos- pltal; then turned the pistol upon himself, blowing his brains out New F; P. 'Carrlec . Wflhnirnn - n- C ! Fph. ' 1 Wll- Ham J.' Stephenson . has been ap- . a . . a . . X puuneu regmar" Aionxu - oirpiienwn sub, rural free - delivery carrier route . a fiensom ; ; . rTof.vEchnlngton peaks. 1 Ml'lneral J prln",'.-N: ' C. . Vc K; -1 . Prof. Julian U. l'rv'- PillDI Arc doctors good for anything? Foolish question! Yet some people act as if a medicine could take the place of a doctor t The best medicine In the world cannot db this. Have a family doctor, consult him frequently. - If we did not believe doctors endorsed Aver Chprrv Pvforrl tnr mich. . uiiu wius, we wouiu wri oner II TTnder The I The bill which ReDresentative Mc Donald, of Moore. Introduced in the House yesterday amending the law relative to freight trains on Sunday. provides that when a solid through train with loaded cars, reaches a point bordering od the State Saturday night, enroute for a point beyond the State. It may run without stopping, through the State, except to coal or water, on Sunday. 1 . ' : ; ' Mr. Rodwell. of Warren, introduced a bill Jn the House yesterday, allow ing to sheriffs a fee of ten dollars for all Illicit stills detected and cap tured. ; - Mr. Rodwell savs. while there is no doubt In his mind that all sheriffs will do their duty, yet It is unreasonable to suDDose and unlust to demand mat sheriffs could detect and destroy these blockade outfits, when the cost of the same had to come out of their own pockets. - ' " the bill Introduced In the House veaterdav by Mr. Connor, of Wilson. relating to ex censes of the Governor amends the act of 1907, allowing the Governor six hundred doMars for trav ellng expenses by repealing .the4; pro visions restricting the . amount to ora cial visits to State lnstltutlona Ex-Senator E. F. MacRae. " the bachelor member of the 'God Blessed Macs" of the Legislature of 1907 is opposed to the attempts to divide Rob eson county and is here to fight any and all divisions of the State of Roue son, ... -. :: , Among . the other prominent Macs and Robeson ians without the Mac who have been in Raleigh lately in the Interest of ; the f proposed new -ountvlof North Robeson is Mr. D. p. McEachern, of Red Springs. - "This Is nothing new we are asking,' said Mr. McEachern. "When I was a boy In 1854 I remember how proud I felt to sign my name to a petition to es tablish the new county. The war, ne construction and warm political con tests compelled us to desist for awhile but now we are in earnest ana mus have the new county. r V: -. When atked about the proposed constitutional amendment abolishing the office of solicitor and making the vmntv attor-nev nrosecutlng officer lor his county Senator Neal said: "That la the logical and economical solution or the whole solocltorship rignt. eiea as I propose to settle it the question will be settled to stay settled. . The purpose of these who are so persist entlv fighting to put aollcltors on i ftalary is to get thent out f the way of a measure re-distncting tne utaxe. The DroDosed amendment accom ollshes this, purpose, and at the same time enables eacn county 10 nave i criminal . docket more efficiently ana economically prosecuted, whereas, to out the aollcltors on a salary would, it i estimated, enttall. an additional an nual drain on our state treasury oi some $9,000. and that ata! time whew bur educatTonal.' penal anT ChaHtable 'institutions are crying out tor - mucn needed help, not to mention the old soldiers. Furthermore, to puthe so tiHtnn on a salary basis would be ntiKtilpnt to " converting them into Mondial lobbyists for an increase in iwilary. for' wao 'ever saw an- officer ha was drawing his par from the puo- 'ic 'crib who for cine moment thought he was getting enough? Tne aaopuon n tha amnHmn nrODOSed ' WOUld give us a more efflclem prosecution of th criminal dockets or our counues. more economical prosecution, save ur State treasury irom an annual ex tra drain of some $9,000. and above all give us a wise, commonse.nser and nlKtlnn nf the whole Soil- -ltorhlp business, and the beauty of it Is it would stay settiea ana injure leg islatures would not be bothered hl anrrsviltllK OUestlon. To Study the question is to believe In it." : The iolnt sub-committees of the eSnate and House Finance Committees were in session : until dark yesterday aftrnnnn ponslderlng the various sections of th4 machinery act.1 The aub-commlttee I is going over every action of the i nresent law, with view to recommendations . to the full committees, as ! to . such amendments as they may ; deem necessary to meet the demands for mora revenue, in this connection they have found that more revenue can be practically real ized by the State for ligitlmate public purposes by curtailing some of the present large expenditures of some of the departments. 'Appropriations Committee, f While it has not been definitely an hounced it is understood that the Joint Senate and House Committees on Ap proprlntlons will hold a public session next Thursday night tq hear from tjie heads .f the various State Education al institutions in regard to their needs and ln connection with the bills In troduced for the tnalntainance and support of, and! the improvement in buildings of those Institutions. Out Inspecting or at Home. There were but few committee meet Ings yesterday afternoon. A great many members had not returned from their uSnday trip home, while many others were absent on : a visit of In spectlon of the State , educational in stitutlons at Greensboro. :. . ... . - . Ex-Senator p. W. McMullan, of the First, Senatorial district, was a visitor to tne benate chamber esterday. . Corporations Committee. The House Corooratlona Commit. lee. Morton. Chairman, held a long x-asiou yesteraayi arternoon and dis posed favorably of the following Im portant bills: j- r h? To incorporate the Union Power and . Transportation Comoanv of Raleigh, . . . - ... To incorporate; the Ashe villa and East Tennesse Rj R. Company. To . allow . the Western Carolina Power and Transportation two years extension of time In wnlch to or ganize. ,-K'r f, To incorporate - theCarollni-Tcn- nessee Power and Transnortatlon Company. This corporation . proposes by motor, steam iand electric power to dvelope the roadway of Cherokee County. ' ' To amend the charter of the Ma- sortie Temple of Charlotte. .' ; senate bill to incorporate the Mer cantile Banking and Trust Company of Elizabeth City, was referred to a special sub-committee composed of to you. r 3. C. irtrCo., Perry, Lemwood and Price to exam ine i some provisions giving . unusual powers, which were objected to. One of the sections provided that in -case a stockholder is indebted to the J vvwtiu vm rwuw bank, this indebtedness, should be," a'l't". lien on the Stock, and that no stock shall be transferred without consent of the directors of the bank by such debtor stockholder. In case the stock 1 sold, the purchaser- gets no title. in the absence of such consent, should the stockholder be indebted to the bank. , . - 4 : .. :, ; " ',' ' ' ' ; Lumberton is going to send' a big delegation to Raleigh, when the ques tion of making a new county out of a part of Robeson comes .up on the eieventn or February. The delegation from Lumberton-will. come to make things lively in Its fight to "ho'd Robeson, and save the State." . f President Wm. 'E." Springer, Secre- "ary ; II. T. Pauman .and other jnem hers of the executive committee-of 1 the East Carolina Truck and F?uit0f the marked decrease In the number Growers" Association, will arrive In j Qf cases that have been tried in tnW Raleigh tonight and- "tomorrow will I ;nmrrior' .nnrt nt )' titv. - - t i appear before the Agricultural Com mittee of the. House and ' Senate in support of the bill recently Introduced by Senator Kmple for the protection of the trucking industry In Eastern Carolina. . The Senate commltfee on Public Roads yesterday passed favorably 'up on the Morton automobile bill, regu lating the running of . automobiles on 'ne puouc roaos oi most ui me uoun- ties in North Carolina. - ; i-ti ;. . ; , i .;. Counties, Cities and Towns. i . Chairman protem McDonald,, of Moore, in the absence of Chairman i.ee, or the House commutes onj lilies, wounues anu luwna, pruyeu to be also an excellent presiaing oracer at the, meeting of the House commit tee, last; night; . fv.?,. yitf. Ua-'? . .There was a large attendance pres 'nt, owing to interest in the matter of setting a special, date when the hills creating - the new counties, of Hokei and North Robeson would be heard before the committee. It. seems i.hat ian Impression or statement had vHb. uif i, uie uuura liau vecu -agreed upon as next Thursday or Frl- ay. When the matter of fixing the date as ? next Thursday came Up, Representatatvc Sheppard of Robe- on canea a nait by saying no such date had been agreed upon. He ob- ected to fixing any date at the meet- 'ng. last. night, making a motion that this question be postmoned until this afternoon's session of the committee, This motion was a adopted, and the time for the . argument, dispute 'or wrangie.. as me case maype.over been heard In meetings w aroeiiot these two bills will be up in Uie air ate the condition of labor, nor seen until the session this . afternoon. A inprint in connection with the sub member who is not in the 'fight made ict. "He is slmnly a consecrated "guess that the . dates would be servant of God, beloved: by all .who Thursday for one county and Friday know him, because Of . his ; vnodesti for the other, --v-; aa- 'v.;.-pious ' self-sacrificing labors for oth ; Among the bills acted - on and re- era,". he continued, and -,read the fol ported favorably were 'the following: lowing letter, to show Uiat without To appropriate certain monies now knowing .that such a bill had M been irt the hands of J. R.;8wan former tntr-nAtioA- the minister's suggestlom- manager. of the Madison county dls- nfensiarv. To allow Ktbb Springs' to Issue-bonds for public, Improvementa - v . : - ; To establish a road In : Madison county. '.. a.,- .. I TO validate certain ' boiids .' Of the own of Beaufort. . . , - aa a To authorize the - City Council I of Reldsvilhvto remove obstructions from the streets and public grounds of the city. , ' ' To allow the "City Aldermen of Greensboro, to. appoint' an inspector of gas and electric , light metres' and cpuntrol the installment of same - a r To empower the city of Ashevilie to purchase the, Auditorium property. ? To aim. in the development of Ashe vilie by permitting the .City Council to dev9te one-fortieth per cent of the taxes to inducing manufacturing plants to locate there." , ; . . I To incorporate the town of Hidden- ' To incorporate the 4town of Tiknlar In Hertford county. a V t To authorize Robeson county to is sue bonds to fund its floating indebt edness. A, A .. t.;., ., . . . . - " To - allow the Commissioners of Warren .county to repair -its bridges. -i The committee considered a bill alt. lowing Harnett county to Issue bonds to re-build : bridges across Cape Fear vIver, destroyed by the floods last year...-A-- ; . - . -yj. - , . : A provision, exempting' these bonds from county taxation caused a halt, and the bill was held up or further cioisderatlon. " 1 " - '-" A.V ! Tlw ClilUI Labor BUI. a Representative Hinsdale's ; bill to regulate the; working of women and children In manufacturing establish memts In North Carolina, has been made a special order before mlttee on Manufactures and Labor Wednesday of this week... . .? That the hearing will be an import ant one goes without sayin. for there will be delegations from the workers and the mill owners before the com mittee for and against the measure. Today there - will be a: conference here- of at least fifty representatives oi ui. carouna- cotton Manu facturers Association, ; preparatory to arranging a special programme of ar- ramjemem ior a common assault on me uii! before, the committee on weanesuay. That those Cotton mill men composing the Manufacturers' Association. are1 confident of ; ilf . 'ng the bill. Is emlnenet from th. fni. lowing article in yesterday's Charlotte Observer, which has r always stood "ironp ana stout against the" enact ment of. any Jaw which looked to the regUiatloit of labor conditions In th qouon or other manufacturing plants : 1 'ri1...tM tn 111.. 1 ui. . . f imn m uuie i;iuuauiuiy inai me proposed bill will be passed for th a sentiment of the whole Legislature is opoosea to It and It has am ntlvo champion other; than its author. Those familiar with the OOmnlPTlnn of the two bodies say that the bill as drawn stands not the- ghost of a chance to pass the Senate, a body which Is pre-eminent for rhA eon. 8ervatism - of - its member. always anxious to do what is best for the 'welfare and development of the State, Neither - will it pass the House, although this body, la mr i. cllned to favor such measure .of leg islation , than the smaller body. With the sentiment against it, the leading manufacturers and mf.r men as a unit opposing it and with scant '.backing from legislators of influence, the Mil nas smalt prospects of passage.". On the other1 hand there nrft' mtnv members, who are not on the com mittee who declare Ihit'anm. dial .legislation Will be enacted, even IT there Is no . organized delegation backed by millions or money behind them. --- ; -a: v.-, , . . . ' Speaking of' this last nirht a vrrr prominent, advocate of the Hinsdale bill, read to synrTMhlzIng eroun of members a letter ha v; had ? received PII0IIIDIII0O IS R0GjVfIT arlccd Decrease in Cases Before The Recorder A IS BETTER Wail of Uie Calamity ; Howler Anent - ... - t Conditions In Dry Community j l'rovb 'Absolutely Wltliwut Foiindatloii ; Upon v Test In, Itocky k 3Ioirnt- No Blind Tlgera'oml Oly Two Dimkk Since First of Year. ' (Special "to News and Observer.) Rocky Mount, xm. u., veo. i. clearer manifestation of the work of prohibition Is not obtainable than that During the pat year the -city - had " I fourteen saloons and from th figures I $ the first month-it seems . evident that their part In the breednlg oC crime ln this city was -a large one Durlng the last month, of saloons the city convicted one hundred persons ot misdemeanors and .'one hundred fines in various amounts, were meu oui, wnlle dUrlnir the' following month un-i . der prohibyon this number has been rnoppeu in tiair. in January, when the city was the possessor of thirteen saloons, about one hundred . cases were heard before the Reeo ( and . ninety-of this number -tec bred. ,: I trntcnopn. while during the montl Just brought to a clos forty-nine ; wa the the Mi number aeail wun as vioiawf i jaw. Of the forty-nine cases tried f this month there have been only I two drunks and . thus far noV- a uigie fcllnd tiger case. r'Js.-A-:-i-'y ,X. I Xew Bern Bonds for; Clncinnali. Vpw Bern. Feb. 1 MonicI pit I bonds for the purpose of . paving th City Streets Were BOItl - iiown i . to McCoy & Co. of Cincinnati, forj tS2 850 There were twelve bidders, u JD;esenting fair premiums..; " preseuum, v ; A ' a - j ;. : V! a " y. from one of the most Godly and coh- secrated ministers In the State,, who devotes hfs life to helping others and whose sacred ministrations often takes ,It nmnni the. employees of mills. I He said, this man's name' had never j were almost identical - with the mafa rovislons of the Hinsdale bill: i according to ray tntormation. w oner; of the few which nas nopracticai raoor legislation andl do appeal to you in the spirit of-justice to use your, legal, moral and civic influence towards drafting, .introducing and passing law to limit the power, of thehungry. not to say greedy, real -humans and artificial humans called corporations, who now seem to have the laborers at their 'mercy (?) f . a ; do firmly believe that on eight hour law would-be virtually beneficial to - both f employer and employee, financially so. At least ten v bours would be more : advantageoOs than the present law., a ;a a .'-I." i "The age law.also. needs amending. While it ; is ' twelve years now, there li no one to see thatthe limit is ob served, and some parents do lie with out fear of detection or punishment sq as to get : their children at tho tender - age - of eight and ten' In tho factories at work for a mere pittanc-. To see th pale, emaciated: faces 6f boys and girls, and the - weakened, bodies of these. -Is sickening to those whose hearts are set on a strong ciu-r lenshl" for the-future-.- I : ri firmly believe that at present the limit should be 14 instead of 12 years, with a provision that some cn-f tral power; should , have supervision I or control over the enforcement of the; .aw, so that'- those not telling the truth as to the age pf the child couia be punished. . "I earnestly appeal ' to you to uso your great talent and influence in be half of humanity, present and future, to enact a labor law that will Improve present conditions a and protect: ur race from a worse ! result In Uie. fu-j tore" ' - - a - - v. '.a- ti ' ': Tne first three i sections ' of the Hinsdale bill, which has created muchl alarm amOng the cotton manufactur-f ers f the 8ta' read as follows:;: I i -Section ,1. That no child under! fourteen ' years of age shall be em ployed or permitted to work or labor in any mill or manufacturing estab-i INhment in the State of Norsh Caro-i Una. ,. ' - r;Vi:: '"-V "AA'SIA A-A;; "Section 2. That no child- under Ixteen years of age shall be employed or petmitted'to work or labor in any mill- or manufacturing establishment In -the : State of North Carolina; be tween the hours of - 8 p. m. and 5 a. m. - - - - . w , ; ; "Section 3. ' Tliat no woman or 'mi mor shall' be' employed or permitted to work or labor in any mill or manu facturing, estab'.lshment in this State for more than sixty hour in any;ono week: ' Provided, - that this - section, shall , not apply to male minors i ovej; . eighteen years, oti age- who are; em- ' ployed in the capacity of engineers, firemen,' machinists, superintendents, overseers, section and yard hands of . flee men, watchmen or repairer of breakdown. : . 4 - The bill to. establish the county of Moseley, from parts of the counties of Lenoir. Greene 4 and - Wayne, wilt be argued before the Senate . Committee on Countlea. Cities and Towni-on Thursday, the 9th of February. The Insurance Committees i will meet on the afternoon of 'February 10th to consider the bill providing for .the assessment against fire" insur ance companies, increasing this from one-half,' as the law now prescribes " to. one jver cent .. for the. Firemen's benefit Fvnd. "A ;" Ma ..;-' ,-.;. . MULES MEAN SIOlEK. ; r - V- -i. K " - - :t--4--';;-:-' - Some people have the Idea that "'a mule will not respond to kind treat ment . This Is a sad mistake. ; A good mule is just about aa cood as cash in the bank any season In the year. , '.' ? .. ., -zh-y A 1 : thOroughb . a - Jack jreneT?nv proves a better i vestment than a rtcl-Horr.jrr.VFIrt-c 3 ' Jacks aro! ery i re i is ur. 3 re: a ai -v:-- s
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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