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r. JSS&VlStt V fh Newa ind Observcr- 4r- t!:v;3 end Cb::rv:r Pub. Co. -4- : JOSZTTITJS DANIHL3, -y "r-- ; ; President. OScet Newa and Observer DuGiln-, . -v., , xiaHln Street, -.- Tins ONLY FUBIiISHia AT ,v TUB STATIS CAPITAIi USEfQ Full Associated Press Reports TRADES .TO COUNCIL SUBSCllllTlOX jFRIClE: For fear.'.-r; . ; ; . . i . . .U . . . . ....X six oirtii.;;;v.:;4v::p.. 5 Entered at the postofflce at Ral wivo. N. C as second-class man mat ter. : . : . WEDNESDAY. ,. - .February S, 10. -.Vv MOllNIXG TONIC ":;- ;. I ': (Horace McFarland.) ' -It la not surprising that! the path . Which broaden into the betterment and beauty of our ideal America Is alive with the tfcprna ot thoughtless ness and Indifference, and that there are InHhe way not only! the rocks of tsmnraiice and customs, but the. fight ing giants of seinsh private Inteerst and entrenched special privilege. The practica'. civic warriors who tread this anything but sympathetic J and easy way seldom ' meet direct hostility to the end In view, but theyjdo encounter constantly sharp resistance to definite progress toward 'that : cnd.T j v , . . . ',. '. . - c ; rAItTY PLEDGE OH TRUSTS. :V .Democratic - Platform adopted : In . l " Charlotte.) I ; f ':-"-?;-i ' Private monopolies should be de stroyed. Consplractea by prospective purchaser to put down the prices of articles produced by the labor of others should be made criminal, and till persons or corporations entering Into such conspiracies should be pun ished: and we condemn in every form subsidies, gTatultie, bonuses,- trust" and monopolies, and they should not be tolerated.'? --rL .- -- ' -v We pled go. not only to citizens of this State, but to cttiten of other Stales, that all capital Invested In legitimate enterprises In North Caro lina, whether foreign or domestic, corporate or private, shall have the "usl protection of the laws and the const friendly consideration of those Mho administer the laws: and we fur ther )ede that all such persons or corporations violating the provisions of the laws shall be made to feel and frnfTer the full penalties for such vio lations. .. , .. t , TllE PENDULTJII NOW SWINGING r:; - :-:- - i RiGirr. vyv;i'S'x , . The power t- and right of the sover ign State are being more and more emphasized. More: than k' yeLr,ago Secretary Root, declared that the State ' governments having failed j tor exercise - i certain of their powers had lost them ' from . non-use. - At 'that time, Mr. Roosevelt was demanding full , an5 ' N.-bmplete power. In ; Federal, adminis tration and. went to the point of pro claiming- that iU-i houldrj come ;,"by judicial Jcohstructlbn ' Or "otherwise,"" i 3n the past few' nionths-the 'pendu- 1 itm f hai been ' swinging" away fronj such extreme centralisation ; Mr..Taft recently said, that "the Constitu'Uaij; is good enough" and that remark, called . for '.much, notice, simply ! because: the limitations in the" .Constitution hay e been. assailed during- the" piast. and, it Was feared .be would wish hose limit tatlons . disposed t of as ' Mr j- Roosevelt lld; The Supreme, Court. of the Uni ' ted, States last month in va unanimous decision upheld the Texas ! anti-rust law that imposed a -fine of 41,600,000 .on Tthe Standard Oil Company, a his- tory-makinsr .decision - for' i the ' real lights '.of the State.. . And npw..comei . Mr, Root, who one year ago j was talk ing' centralization,- upon his election as -United States Senator from New rTork last week, deprecated the tend ency for' more : r responsibility , to be thrown on the Federal government Mr. Root argued that one of the dan- . Kers at this is that .the National gov ernment would break down in its ma chinery, through the burden which threatens to be cast r1 upon ! it.' This country, he ; conti nucd. Is too lai'ge. Us ' people "are too numerous. its. Interests Are too; varied, and Its activity too : 20-eat ,for one cc iitfal 'government at 1 Washington to c arry the ' burden, . of governing ail of the country in Its ' local 'concerns, aolng justice' o the ' t'l2hts;of. the Individual 'in eyery sec , tlon, .because -that justice can; be done only through intelligent Information 'nndconsideratlbn,i.':ThenJ taking up " the other danger a represented ,ln the relinquishment of State functions. Mr. Root said; it vinvolvedS'the . breaking V lown of local setf-government, and added- 'after ' all. . the thing .that we have gbverament for Is ultimately the prtaervatlon of our homes and pur lb dividual liberty. And we 'blight to - be at liberty - to - regulate - the affairs -of oar homes iln . accordance ' with "our 'Awn idea." . . '.M"'l'".' '.Mr" " ; Root 1s preaching sqund "doe- . tttoe fJit, the ,; last, .sentence-Theidoc- trine ot tne ngnt or a. state to com . tfol Its affairs and, to execute jits -wjll. The declaration - of .'.Mr. Root only shows - how the pendulum 1s 'swinging back to. the right place.- ; Ths decis ion: of the .Supreme' Court shows that 'the trend 1 -enforced by tho highest judicial tribunal: V ' : j ; .- Mississippi has reason to be; proud. Seven bx the present United States Senators were born, in that State.' The two from.that' State Are. native born the five others native of that' State be lng J Senators Gorer ' of f, Oklahoma. Ualiey. . of" Texas. Clark, of . Arkansas. Xewlands, of. Nevada, and Chamber aIn, of Oregon. ' That State his pro -duced many jrreat men including such men as Jefferson, Da vis and Lucius Q. C Lamar...-.": ." ; When an Individual makes a solemn promise tor-jpJibther that person is in honor bound to keep that promise or to lose thfet confidence of the- person to whom the? promise is made. -When a party in its platform and' through its candidates make ai pledge., to the Voters to do a certain thing And the people entrusft with power the' men elected on . that, platform are bound to put Into, law the pledges mad and to execute them. They have no right froni the ..statements', of powerful. In terests or- goodCmen. either to? con- strue away the- platform or to elect to postpone the promised? legislation to more convenient season or per mit i'a law enacted to carry out the pledge to go unenforced. " ' The tauM jusKe, maae u oy air. Cleveland when he entered, upon his second term ln;i893 was not that he repudiated the platform upon which hej was elected, bull that, in response to a clamor started in Wall Street and taken up by good-men who were de ceived into believing.: the: purchasing Clause of the Sherman actv had pro duced ther panic, into., postponing: the solemn party- pledge to:: reduce, the tariff until . he .cduld fo)fce -through an act. that the party had not prom ised to put on the. books. . The party had made tariff reduction the ; chief national issue in .1892" as-in 1008 it made,' trust extermination 'the chief is sue. r Mr. Cleveland was sincerely in favor of real tariff - reduction. The party was more united -upon that Question to which it was pledged than upon vkny -other question, and yet Mr. Cleveland , postponed its consideration and entered upon a. fight on the money question that wrought party , dissen sion 'and division from which the pjfrtyias not yet recovered. An exe cutlve' can do more to shape legis lation' the first year ; of a term than the three last year. : Mr. Cleveland had the solid party In ' Congress be hind him to reduce the tariff because the party pledge was fresh. He was told that If he delayed tariff reduction and sought to force i through " his moijeybiH he would precipitate such a division in the party as.' to lose lead ership and .Jeopardise party i success. fiuti the 'New- York, clamor was So loud that he .could 1 hear nothing else, anflle brought4 every power - of the administration to , bear td pass ; tho bill to repeal the purchasing clause of ths Sherman act. . The . Republicans voted almost solidly with - him, the Democrats were divided 7 hopelessly, and the passage oti the .bill cost a good Democratic tariff bill, every State the Democrats had carried In 1892 in the North and "Maryland Kentucky, Wisconsin, w Delaware ' and North Carolina in. the Southl and such party chaos, as gave the Republicans full power 4n the government."-- Of course Mr.' Cleveland did: not desire the re sult .that jcame and .after hed se.- cured-the -moneys legislation he ,s be came uTgent for; a .good tariff 1 law. But ' It was- too .late for him - to do anything. " --The. bour-; of his oppor tunlty had passedIIe, - made the party-: pledge ; tor ' tariff ' reduction secondary, to . the'desrsof the New Yorki bjnkers; TiemedyH was worse thanno remedy-and -he:party was rent nd torn ; in. factions-. so that they cpiild t notbe ;;nnlted, upon the partjr "pledge -for .tftruT- reduction.' The bill .that nnalryv as ; forced thfougn the Senate Via" declared, by jMr. . Cleve land to be "party perfidy and party dishonor and lie refused to 'sign ' it tKereby"addln to parjy ' dcmoralisa- Is not-the lesson plain?. .The Gov ernor and all the other State officials and ;the DeniocraticJ members of. the General Assembly were elected: Upon a platform that .promised "an ' attt trust law with teeth. I Nearly one-half the session of the General Assembly fr'"irHiri7r Nothing" has been"done ex cept ,the .introduction of a.. bill ineach branch of .the General ; Assembly to secure the" passage'l of such a bill as the. Charlotte 'convention promised the; people.'' In the Senate, the 'com mittee has . had only one hearing, in the House, Jhe' Committee has not con sidered the bill. 1 There Is pronotinced opposition to ihe;blll.4 In the Senate some of la friends are active. : Jn the House only a fewseem to ba pressm? the measure, j 'while 1 there is pro nounced Opposition, from a few the chief trouble .lies! In the seeming in difference of. legislators. There la less opposition . than the ; surface 1 Indica tions would , show, but ; there Is too nuch indifference, too -rnuch delay, and : too much absorption over ' mat ters; of small Import not 'promised! in the. platforni and tooilttle. stress and earnestness ihl earning out this, the im6st Important of alj the platform pledges. . : Trust ' domination and trust extortion : are real evils felt in every homeV In lsX Stai&y irherei are those' who sayHTlils ia po tijrie I for 'rallcai actlOn'viSet'be; conseryaUve;v Let's do. other .thfngs and wait to carry put the -' anti-trust ' pledge" two ' : years f rom nbw Thattls nbt f the h'way the candidates s talked . last. sum, mer and 'tfall. They, derided; the stand-still-business; ' falsely .... .called .conservatism' and : declared , it was a betrayal of the people . to sit still while" ths trusts wefe robbing the: peo ple and ; cxrtlngr too .-much influence In jh11Ucs . Every year that passes gives jibe' trusts, a- stronger- hold and robs.: the - people. '.that -. much j more. Wby'deWy tcicarryout the; most' im portant pledge in-the t platformt "'On every snimp.tne uemocrsts promised sucft; a iawC;-" On, every stump ths Re publicans "pointed ; with pride"; X to what Roosevelt had done and declared they. WpuldJbmore; unhorse the trusts ' that the Democrats- would s do. Therefore both; psrties are pledged to the., people , to'; give them an effective anti-triistlw nd tb pitari.- ehd to the trust evitp The people often have 1 longer memories, than .thepolltlclans who are elected . to office. . Z. Th?v are looking to' e the: candidates' of both parties in' the legislature prove their faith, by their works. One oune of deeds l worth a ton of promises. :r "When shall we. be stronger?" asked Patrick llenry.'of th men who wish ed to . postpone action against ' King Qeofge. His. answer, familiar to every school boy; is the answer to those who favor a.' Fabian -policy- with espct to antirtrust legislation. The promises made in' the campaign were not in definite:' The' present legislators will never as a. body have but this oppor tunity, of earning out the pledges made. They must act now or never. If they postpone anti-trust legislation for other laws, as did Mr. Cleveland, .what assurance ' . have they, that the same evils that followed' Mr. Cleve land's policy . of deferring, the main issue to a . smaller one may not be re peated ? ' Two years ago th senators who killed .the anti-trust act had two reasons . that no legislator can have this year:; 1. 'The Democratic plat form denunciation of trusts was not specific In the 1904 or1908 platform as It is this year; 2. The Supreme Court of the United States had; notrupheld a- State 'aw that fined a trust ;i,f 00, 000 ' as.: it did in January. 1909. This means that the legislators, are more specifically pledged now than then, and they have the assurance that a law like the Texas' act would be up held by "the Federal Supreme Court. These constitute two reasons that the senators of -1907 did not have when they killed the Reid anti-trust bill. Against these arguments are offered only ; jtw'os lv' The Tobacco trust threatens to leave the State and de stroy the, tobacco towns and hurt tho tolaeeo' farmers: i. This is a time to go slow, to be safe and sane, to prac tice conservatism and to do nothing fhat may antagonize any interests." As to the , first, it Is an idle threat and will hot be attempted, but If the trust did move over'the line it Is better to lose a 'tr ust than to surrender the light to leellate In the lnterests-of all the people-! nd to keep " a solemn pledge. If any lawless .man. or corporation can say to the Legislature: . ' "Touch me and I will make you suffer" that Is possible, then tho sovereignty of th? State' Isn't worth, as much as a last year's bird's nest.' As to the second, that s, always the argument of priv ilege. '""Let well enough alone," is the' creed pt every interest that Is pocketing; the lion's share of the re sult of iabjoY. ; True conservatism at this time consists in "making haste slowly. and. not entering upon new legislation not discussed by ithe; peo ple. But (. there is no wisdom in a poller .fcf failure' to" keep promises that have been made and upon' which votek have been obtained. . True con servatism consists in doing wisely and effectively, what you have promised to do. . It can never mean to fall in a promise ; and thereby break faith. . The. ' trust ' evli' is here. It Is a menace to. every, home and to - every business.; It has.Zbeen "outlawed by S,tate and "National laws. "; - Missouri and-; Texas have ' shown .! hov? .-a tate; can deal with It.v- The Sqpretne Court of the. United States , has upheld State authority . to -teal with the biggest of trusts;, It ' only remaln for" North Carolina to pass . an v effective .law- like- th-l. of v Texas "and Missouri and tovenforcelL ? Some people , are de terred liecause. of the difficulties. No man ' who; heard the stimulating ad dress of Wood row Wilson covld let that 'fear put. him to sleep.V . As a climpx. 19 his' magnificent, address,-itie. ke-note of which:, .was devotion to principle,'. Mr., Wilson ;-aaid' r It..fa hard to run these abuses to cover but It must he done -IT CAN BE DONE. That is the message . of l a scholar Utesmaiu. That v Is! the' snirlt that ought to be caught by every public servant, r - .',-. The failure of Mr. Cleveland and his tariff .reform "policy should, be a warning . to any who wish - to delay striking the blow at the trusts which hair a!rady beett delayed too long. , The',, Hinsdale bill; : to regulate ; the working of children in the mills is on the right.' principle. No child should work in a mi!t under fourteen years ot age. That law ought to &pply im mediately I to girls. Whatever, iaw passes should contain some . provision for enforcement. .The Commissioner oMAbor should be em powered to en force the Jijw.; At present .the law we have iii n Aifkor who can com pel ;.t rxculion. " i " : . THE STATE 1 CONTEST VITH SIX PER CENT 'Is-' 3. , (Continued From Page One. ) to witnesses, how discharged, and cer- tlficate of attendance filed, reported bythe; committee on the Revisal with out prejudiced was killed on tho third reading.'. , . . - , .- . ' . The Hous& resolution to pay the et penses pf the oint committee incur? red In the v inaugural exercises, irai withdrawn ;from,.the committee and passed on-Its final ' reading. The cx pehses amounted to $1,500. i v Pasaed-Final Reading. S- KA. : .The, following, bills passed., their third and final reading: ' " 8. B. To amend section 2757 of the Revisal relating to the operation of traction engines: on . the" public roads of .Randolph county. -- .- :. f fH, :d.;S Amend section 272 ot the j Bevlsalf relating to the .public road r I Of iTadkln county. .;,;ifc- 1 t " S. V To amend section 4 X of the Revisal - relating to execution' sales, how advertised and cost of newspa per publication, : providing that the publication ; be . once s week for four weeks instead bf four: weeks: r v On motion of Mr. Travis the House bill ' appointing. Justices of the peace for, WUkes county, passed on Monday was- withdrawn fTomS-the :-enrolUnjf clcTk'w office and .on1 his motion the vote by;" which"' it Tas .passed rwas .re- censidered and the bill was referreo to the Committee on ' Justices ' of the Peace, where the Democratic Execu tive Committee of Wilkes county will have an opportunity to be heard. Mr, - Fry moved 'suspension of the rules that his resolution limiting the Introduction of bills to February ISth, might be withdrawn from the Com mittee on Rules and immediate consid eration be given, but the Senators did pot want to be restricted In any way, having already' refused V - adjourn early, and the motloa.was st. ' A resolution by Mr. Manning to in vite Dr. J. M. McCormlck. . of . the American- Medical Association? to ad dress the General Assembly on infec tious diseases and general hygiene; -and Surgeon C. P. Wertenbacker. of the-'Umted States; Public Health -and Harine Hospital Service, to deliver his Illustrated lecture on tuberculosis Thursday hlght next, February 4 th, was adopted. - - The courtesies of the floor were ex tended to ex-Senators W. I. Everett of Richmond, and J. E. Burleson, of MitchelL v The Senate bill- to amend 1 section 1950 .of the Revisal, Which .fixes the legal rate of Interest at six per cent, the bill allowlngrthe rate to be eight per cent., the. committee recommend ing that it do not pass, created a dis cussion in which several Senators en gaged. . Mr. Fry. of Swain, declared that nearly all the banks charge eight per cent interest in a round-about way already, and ho spoke in favor of the . bill. : He "declared that the six per cent, rate ,has a tendency .to de press rather than to help; because those who need the money most can net borrow " the . banks rare afraid that r those - to whom the money s loaned will plead the usury law. He said the six per cent, law was enacted during a political re volu tion: by a Republican Legislature. Mr. Doughton said that he thought at 'first .the;. matter was a Joke,, but it had really, come before the . Legis lature as a serious matter. He op posed the bill, saying the bill was loaded, and. thought it ' would be a bad plan and would not be, favorably received by the people. ; Mr. Bassett spoke against the bill, saying the mattr had been settled in North Carolina In cecordance with the wishes of the people. There are four banks In Rocky ', Mount, he said, and they all obey the six per cent law. 4 Mr. Em pie said he was like the fel low Sam Jones tpoke about- The man hnd caught hold of the tail of a' cow, iy!n he knew he toakSn't stop her. but would slow ber down a little. The banking interests of Wilmington a.g greijate. seven mlMons of dollars and it is etsy to borrow money there.": The cry years "ago." that the six per ' cent, law would injure, business had proven false, he .- declared. :: Times have changed and the people have changed with - them: a four per cent invest ment is considered a good investment He said to change, the law would al most be a step back into barbarism. Mr. Hankins opposed the bill. . The bill, which was, Introduced by Mr r. Ray, of Henderson, was killed on 1 second reading by a vote of .29 Its IO a. '-vi f.n .',,! ' At 12:60 the-.8enate adjourned till 11, o'clock .Wednesday imorning. TIIE ' HOUSE. Speaker Pro. Tern Morton called the House to order at eleven o'clock, pray er being -offered ' by- ; Representative Latham, , of Beaufort county., . ' Introduction of1 Bills. " The following bills were Introduced and referred' to the appropriate coni- mittees::V'-;:iv't:-;'f'.'J . . -,-:-vf ": ; By Barnes: To 'nmend ' the Revisal relative to1 the' Superior- Courts at Hertford countyr h ' -t. - ' ' - By DoughtonrTo prevent throwing sawdust in 'Sparks Creek, , Wilkes county. " '' - -'V, j- By .Lovelace f-To appoint a Justice of the peace in 'Moore county. By McDonald; . To appoint Justices of the peace on Moore county. . ' "Ey Lovelace r-TTo.alloiiv trustees of King's , Mountain graded school to is-. sue bonds. ,; . P . -v; By.Fagg:;To promote). the cause or education In' Stoke county. v ' - : By- McWlHtamyTo'Sppolht Justices of the peace for OcraCoke township, Hyde countyV ? - - : '-'Py' Mitchell, by 'retjuest: To pay J. W. Baker, ofr Wayne- oounty - for in juries' sustained, while, in service of the" State; ' i-- By McDevitt; 7o allow sheriff of .Madison county, to collect arrears of .. 'Br McDevlttr To 'promote, the causo of education In Madison By Grants To protect county. employes as members of labor unions. By Grant: To establish: free public By Grant: To prevent oremoloyes. 'V blacklisting By. Grant: To make unlawful the assignment of claims against fc em ployes' for the" purpose -of; attachment in proceedings outside the State. (All these bills; on request of Mr, Grant, were referred to Judiciary Committee No.1 1.) " ' -'By Rascoe: ToA'alMate certain acts of Justices of thp peaeo in Bertie county.--'- '--t By Martin: To protect game in Pamlico county. ' . ' - - Ey Reid: To improve roads In Per quimans oounty. :, ::, By Reid: To 1 allow - Perquimans cofinty to' issue bonds. ' -1 Ey. Sparrow: To abolish the May term of Orange Superior court . r By -Turner: To provide for levying, a special, tax V for - roads in Mitchell county . . " --: : - . "' ', ' -. By; Bowie: To provide for working fend improving the. roads of . Ashe county. . .- '. . - " I By. Jarrett: To - prevent throwing sawdust in streams of Jackson coun ty. , ; ; . . ' f?-- -.'J..'' . Passed Final Reading-. ? ' The 'following bills passed third and final reading: '- -. ' .To amend the 'charter of the town of "Burlington. 5 " V ..: - ' '-";. - To establish graded schools for the town -of -Laurinburg. ? : ' : 5 ' i To establish' the Franklin . special school district; and' allows a bond is sue.v ,;- ! - - ;- . " ' To authorize the commissioners of Lincoln county to sell -' the;, present home for the aged: and Infirm and to issue bonds' for the' purchase of oth er1 property '.-:':-.. - i? ;i -? ' ?-.. ' ' To allow the town of' Sahford to issue bonds to - pa v indebtedness and submit - the question-1 of a bond issue Tor- pubtlc Improvements. - . -; ' To extend 1 the .corporate . limits of. Wintervllle, in Pitt county. - :'A.r. :-To amend the road law for Chat bam county. '"v -"v K ; To authorize Robeson county to Is sue bonds to pay Its floating indebted ness. ?y'yr t To' allow- ifrnoweir'cbunty to Issue bends to , pay . outstanding indebted ness. v 7;-,-.v - - '--' ? yi ' To incorporate the town of uowie, In R,obeson county- " : " , . - : :' ,To authorise Buncombe county to fund Its floatinir debt: ' ' ; ' .' -;.To" permit JWakelort iSob y ,flisr"t ;J in- Wake countrr to Aote jn & sio.ooo bond .issue; ...c;i,.--1.-.v Ai- .:. Fot the establishment, ot;a . graded school at Tolsrtot. Wilson county. ; To appoint Justices of the peace : In ; Iash county. lvv-,,..';.- 1 ror uie relief or patrons 01 vvniwer, graded, schoo in.iSwalnr county . i.r : - 10 -Teguiate th 1 sale 01 pouiur ana stdck 'foods and rmedies v ; ' -i'-' ' To Incorporate Elizabeth Lodge I. ,To amend the .charter of- Highlands,' In Macon County. - . ; , ' ' - i- ' ' -'-, To - Incorporate the North Carolina Public Service company. . ? To re-establish the office bf treasur er of Duplin county. 1 . r- j ;To amend the act establishing tn Guilford graded, school. in - Guilford county, and extend the boundaries of the district To define . and make certain .'- the dlvidingllnes between Atleghan and Wilkes counties .near ' Roaring v Oap Hotel. , ..--i:'-.-'V--'o'r-' .' To. amend the'Itevlsatr relative to time- of holding courts in the Third district ' - , ; - ,.'.-;.."' To regulate the hunting and shoot ing of ducks In Dare county. , . -To protect millers and customers in Stokes county. .- . J v t To appoint M. C ; Padgett" a Justice of the peace In Lincoln rounty. ' To amend the Revlsar and relieve the manufacturers of fertilizers of un necessary requirements. ' r;v .i t To allow, the Board of Agriculture to sell any. of its test 'farms. To ' allow the board ef: trustees -of Fremont graded school to. sell certain property.': '- " ' 1 -;'J-;: To amend the game law for Clay county. . '-:,'. . " , M: :. . To validate certain probates ;v..ln Tyrrell county, - v ' S " - '' " To amend the Revisal, abolishing? the office of standard-keeper for Asho county. " T. .. ; ': : ' . To supply certain record's . for Du plin county. V -'k k .!.'.' .-V-T ; -.'.' To provide for-a special school tax election in . Lee .' township, Columbus county , . ' ; t ' i n : To .repeal tne laws of 1907 relating to the public - roads r of i , Columbus county. . , ".'- "". s-'--:.:.: -; To establish a free , school - district in parts of Montgomery and Rich mond counties. ,-' . ' .: ' ... ::: 'V To fix the per diem of the board of commissioners of Mitchell county not to exceed four dollars per day- and mileage not to exceed fiver cents. , : : To amend ' the - law relating to the property of - Insane people,- and to fa cilitate restoration ' of same upon re covery of Insane- person. ' . To appoint Justices of; the peace for Ocracoke. township In Hyde county.'! To repeal the'iaws of.l90S-l05 re iating to posting lands . In Halifax county. ' .-'- '' .." ' To allow the city of New Bern to release the side-walk improvement assessments.-' : ' v irr"..'y'r. TO repeal the law of 1908 relating to the extension of; ''the- corporate limits of Murphy, in Cherokee county. To amend the Revisal relative to payment to mothers of Indigent chil dren. - - : ' ' - ' ..- To regulate the . terms of the Su perior court of Montgomery county. "To amend the law relating, to throw ing sawdust In. Big Ivy Creek. Bun combe county. . (Exempts saw mill of B. I. Ingle.) ' ; - To prevent public drunkenness'. In Mitchell county. . To correct calls In' certain land grants In Ashe county. - To allow the commissioners of Ashe county to sell its present . county home for the aged and infirm .and to purchase another.' ' To allow extension . of a street in Pikeville. Wayne county. : ; f To appoint T J. Wooten, of .Maxton, Robeson county, a Justice . bf the peace. : - ..' " .'.':;..:..-:-,: y'??- To facilitate the method of releas ing mortgages and deeds of trust Mr.! Bowie, of Ashe, had taken from the table the bill authorizing the Gov ernor I to' appoint a - commission ; to consider-the subject 'of uniformity "of legislation. ' v '- -': '-.';. .'': : V, ." :-r.' -, The bill was opposed by Mr. Currie as ' a " useless - thing, and it failed " to pass - Its: second' reading. - --l' - The House at 1 : 2 0 o'clock adjourn ed to ' meet Wednesday at-' . eleven o'clock. TIIE ; PROPOSED -" COUNTY OF ''- ; "3 CRAXRERRIl ' r - ' , t ? i- i - -' i-; . ... 1. .'. . ' vi "i t :, To the Editor: The advocates of thi bill for the rreatlon and: organisation of I he new" county of Cranberry claim that the .proposed, territory- will con-: lain 160,000 acres; that. enough 4 of the western" part of Wataugua county Will be embraced to make an Average sized townships that the. assessed val uatlon of the property to be, taken from. Wataugua' count v 'will be about 1150;ooa; that the. remainder, wi 1 'betaken- from -the county of Mitchell.-;; The .'whole of. the taxable property within the'nevir county, according to the 'present - assessments, 4 would cbe about tl.000.eo0: that in addition to the assessed valuation. of the; , taxable property there are corporations within this.teiTitorv wio- list their- property with the State Auditor to amount to frpm 1400,000 to $500,000. There are approximately 1.&00 voters within this' territory and from-8.000 to 10.000 population., -That there are three first class, schools, as follows: Lees-MacRae Institute at Banner's Elk. for girls un der -the management of Rev. Mr. Tufts; Lee-MacRae Institute at Plum tree, for boys, under Rev. J P. Hall, of the University of Virginia, and Aaron Senlmanry, at Montezuma, un der the supervision of the Methodist church. Which are equal to any of the institutions, of learning in the moun tain section of the State. . ,That there are a number of summer' resorts, vil lages and towns, as follows: Elk Park, Cranberry, Banner's Elk; Montezuma, Lewville, ' Piniola. Lenville Falls and riumtreo. , There are two railroads In operation, the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Itallroad Co., (andthe Llnville River 'Railway Co., iurnisning datity trains. rrom, jonnson City, Tenn., to- Fltilola and Leaille. The county site will be. at the city of Lenville on the clear and .beautiful stream of Lenville - river, at the ter minus of tha celebrated ,Y onahlosser Turnpike winding Its easy grade a!ang the south' side of. the . Grandfather Mountain. twenty-two . miles .west ' of Flowing Rock, thef summer home-..' of the lamented Senator Ransom. '4 The; county Is destined to be lhi best grass county in.the Strje; and some of the best mips mines . in - the State are within the. borders - of ,thls- pro poBed new countv., tr 'Sf-f ' Yt - r.Tbe best ironin the United States is iat Cranberrj', Which la being mined anda shipped, dally to Johnson "dty, Tennessee:, v. --.' '.,-r;.'--v:-.i: There are a number of reasons- why these .mountain people, and especially frbm."Mithelt-c6untyT are clamoring for a' new couhtj; first: the town; of :-y -. t - Thousands of women - have found ' oonfiriement of much Dain1 and child.:; This Iiriihieht isaG6dsen4 to. women at the critical time, i-Not t)ny does fJgthsr's FrUnd carry: women safely- through the perils of child-birth, but it r prepares tne system tor - the. coming event r elieves momin!? -sickness.' and other . dis-.i. comrorts. - r amfsist i xa. ..twt-wWfrH- '.-: - - yjlhS l-UE ISLO RrSClATCCO- -t ,.-;:." .. Csauu - rs v . w.-- ) Bakersville, the county seat, is located on the southwestern edjte or Mitchell county, and within one . and- one-half miles or the - Yaney county line,!- and while the- Carolina. ; CllnchHeld ana Ohio Railroad runs the eiftlre, lenh of the county of Mitchell and within two and cne-half mllss of the court house at Bakersville, it affords but little relief to the majorttv of the population of the county, owing 4o the fact that the Cane Creek:.. Mountains runs yearly north and , south almost the -tntlre breadth of the county for a distance of something like twenty-five miles, with One passwayin -at low gap In the mountain with ah altitude of 4.S00 feet, and this pretended road has only been In use -for a few years; prior to that time there was a trail through this gap-in the mountain called 'The Winding Stairs' over which the moun taineers led their mules and horses In going toAnd returning frOm court Secondly: within the past ewr years many Industries have been"" inaugurat ed within the i county of Mitchell, which has caused a great accumula tion of business , upon the I docket s of the Superior Court, not bo inuch of a criminal nature at the. county had credit ; for soon alter the ; Civil - War. but hundred of clil 'actions have been placed upon- the docket' and allowed to be continued from time to time for a great number of years,- without trial or the hope of a trial; anlfte" Uese people haye been led to believe that there has been a complete denial ; pf Justice."..-'!".-.-'-- i---:-'".r'--..-iv2 :!"'''" '- . . y---:-r t-v LT D7 LOWE. February ?. 1909. : -... -."'-'. , . !, : t i v; a - '"I ' '.v WORKING HARD FOR SEAVELL 'v:' ; ';'''""''" ':-''g':-:V,r.-':4:-:-, Y (Continued From Page One.) of these letters are from welt, mean ing persons. : It has been my obser vation that men seeking pardons gen erally work up the most numerous endorsements. :.-. .-:;" - ---"V- ' , I have no idea the Senate will pay any attention to Sea well's worked up line of endorsements. - The - voluntary commendation of' such men' as Judge Hoke;1 of; theVState? Supreme. ; Court will weigh strongly In f avot: of the appointee, while the. letter of ex-Governor Jarvis and menrof his standing who think Seawell is not a big enough man for the office, will have :as much weight In the opposite direction. The Judgeship will, not be settled before the Senate -by. rules that . govern f a popularity contest k v The Democrats of the .Senate seri ously -considered -yesterday and today the question of filibustering : against the confirmation of Dr. Crum, as col lector .at Charfeston. A number of Senators thought such a course would be Justified, but a majority decided against such a policy, and 4t now looks, as though the . negro wilt be confirmed before the fourth of March. It Is recognized that it would be good politics to confront Mr. Taft with the Crum case at the beginning of his ad ministration, but old line Senators op posed the use , of the filibuster save in eaacs of greatest concern to tho people of the whole South - Senator Simmons , returned today from "the State. t k : - . ; - Mr. and Mrs. Fred Carr are here. issue: $10,000,000 - 4 - BONDS. PEIt - CENT To IT- e Editor World- it not le a wise ae or the present Legislature to issue' $10,000,000 4 per cent forty year bonds. They, would bring a hand some premium. July 1.-1910 $3.4 27. 000 4 per cent bonds will have to be paid. January I. ' 1913, $50,000 4 per cent bonds : will have to be paidr Aprtt l, 1919.; $2,730,000 per cent bonds will .have, to be paid. issue the ioft.000 00 4 jer celt forty year bonds : and create a sinking fund to rreet all of these bonds as they become due. Quite a large number of the , 0 per cent bonds can be bought on , a 4 per cent basis. Buy them up and ca.ncel those that can't be bought Can run to maturity when the sinking fund iwill be ready to Pay them. .- The State rnt. loose n the proposiaon. v. " Sell them In-a Jump. The State can fret 4 ier cent tot s.ny surplus on-hand from ur . savings banks: The' bank - cn jt . forvthe benefit of the' people who have- prpper collateral thus put? ting money. Into circulation. . . '- - The State - will . then not have to bbrrow-rsonjV but will have plenty to take care of her. institutions and glv them what they need and then have besides having enough to add to and build i all necessay1 State building? and stop paying ; rent, o She -,ean create? a slnkifle fr.nd to pay off the whol of 1s this to North Carolina -4bwlittlt to each tax-payer? There is-nv ne2e "rttyof the State ep rrtn-un " Id le ! iar. as she can safely gel as much, tn terest as she l paymgiSo there Is s Judgment th U?is - the : th tog tr the State to do.f . I Ttnow a bond issue is' a care crow to'--many. -and mostly to those e who ; do not hay mueh tay topay, or wh" avoid It m niuch as rossible. . Let the bond Is-; sue -be made and take care of it as w go. Fortv years from npw T,1 win not regret It. ". - -j "'"" ; f -'I - -' ' Cm. Ci MoDONALD. ". A BETTER FISII-LAW. . i . . To the Editor: I wish' to caU -the nttfrttinn of the Legislature to the de slrability of enacting some such, law as the Alabama law,-hereunto appenu ed, for the protection or fish In our small streams. ' - ; , 1 .'-.- , :''. - '. The Audubon Society hai done more service towards preserving ' pur , ani mals and birds than anything else, be cause It haa been the only; sealous and efficient agent in3 enforcing the laws already ;on - our - statute , books. The seal of the Society IsVbegoUeh of the love of nature for. nature's sake- from ni interest in gain or .glory, and we cannot do better than encourage Its work; .for thereby we help every thing that is just, good and great lh nature. V .'-'yj-j :"7' f;:-: : It would be .wise to enact some proper. State law for the protection of nsh,' and to place the" enforcement .-of the law In, the hands of the Audubon Society agents. ( A'-v v.1 v .-,v " .- " Everywhere else birds and; game are protected, . and if, we do "hot follow such : qulckln we shall have ho ' birds nor game to be protected.- .'- The Mil for the prevention, of; kill f m mmm am4ao1 f Vl 1 fYmi Alt M(amm: lb $10,000,000 issue in rorty; years, it rill onlvreoulre-: the putting-'astde ;of 1450 000 each vear to do thtSr- - What i MITT TT ' " vi au wnifcU 'III vwYJL abDroddin wilhr dread r fhp JlLsyj: nothing compares to the pain of child-birth. k The thought ?Tm of -the suffering in store for the insures safetv to life of mother hH r robs the expectant mother rr or- nieasant -v finti5Tvtrtne lisfitoLKcthsr'i Frlsr.d rnhs V A'Vvi s I 'M Ing, catching' and e 111 ng1 partridges for two years is an admirable one. ?!; :- Any bin to pre-ent seinint our smi't ins BciwuH, .ii.uiitjr iur two ycurs VOUliI inaici imii.v nesisi ju- re-siocKtng . tnos' waters: and do harm to very few peo pl:;.;.-rxrj . V. JqcKERV. - - NOTICE. . - , ;:t Notice" is hereby given that a ppl j cation -will'ber-made to the General Assembly : of North -Carolina, at m present-session.' to pass an act amend. Ing bhsfpter-313- of the Privnte Laws of 1907r same -being ' on act author Izingr the City of Raleigh to issue bonds to,- fund its floating, debt incurred for necessary current - expenses.:! JAME3 L JOHNSON,; Mayor. , UK) It I WHAT BARGAINS) ' fOI ...... . . .-..;;-,.:.... r!ARlll :; - - ,'.:, 02E lroum flouae. V.V -V-, ;.. St,7M - ikuw iiibvv ycr luvuiu, oil iiu provementa . -' . . - - , IIfE 4-room Cottast-" , . f 750.00 '-" Rents $1.00 pet month ; rWO S-room Cottages v;v;; r,050 ' Total rent S10.00 per: month: ;. IX 4-room Cotusew Total prk-e 33.150 x, - Totad rent 333.00 per month : !NE iroom House '.,..,' . fLSOO Rent 313.60. per "month.: C'' v NE 4-room Cottage $350 Rents $6.00 per month. . -ravant Lota well located .Prices from tio.Ca and C9. -:-.r .t - IHGIITOWLXl A FORT; Rl estate, mnd ImaraoeW 4 . .'f-;. R if : CAIICER cured; v - We vim : - w : :- i CaiUd gUtes to know what w sr soUtg it earing esneen, tanon snd ehronir tin Wt vttfeoat the cse ef kutfs, s4 tr indone4 0m Bcumt snd Legialatart VhTfli. f if ms wmklmt e w m Un u m iD nusirrif -omi orr ir ' v. ;,-. CTT.LAT1 ; nOCTTTAJv i : by r U4u ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. - v -"-Having this day qualified as1 admin- iiecasea,. inis isct-nouiy- an persons lioiaing -claims against saia estate to present" them to me -or my attorney,; notice, will be plead in bar of ..the re covery of - same.-' -. All persons. ; n-; Jebted to "the estate are requested tcf naxe prompt payment. t ; , -- ; .This December 9. .1908 1 i r. -. jas, G. upciiuRcn, .;' ; -.j T, Administrator. ;L K NORRISr Attorney., f -t . ; m r-infr:3v::"!Jit Cm t ! t f or ansfttnrftl V I ' irriMitoat or aicrtiion rr-mm rwwvto. PtlalMt. t4 not Cfitrlv 7::iv:: ..:.. " ' $ nt or otMaoiui E.LL mv Tt la vrik : IAa.-orlhntUiC1.1l.'. ' . ' . .- . ft-. f-I'IIElItHTEn'S PILLS- - J l l-4 i4 mm,.! .it. I J ' k tut Mkm --T t rmm, r f ! i.U.iD i..lASi FILL'S r f r." Vt T"':rr:xt riTrviircnr W m msm rmw ' - " - tjm - mTilr -J 'r W r 'JmL-w'r m m mrmf! --.'.. t r-;t r Tn, pursuance of,, the j power -confer.- mmAfl n n V. ..m.Vm-hh . . . . r txiKr juvu ua iii ou . ufuer, ui me. out perior-court df Warren county,, made : in a civil action entitled wrs. Mary Prltchard for herself and as, adrnln- Istratrix. bf fjeorge 8. Prltchard. de-.. CeasedV: and - .- others. " .vs. Panacea i appointed commissioners for that pur pose.- will.. at Littleton North Caro lina, on Monday. the-fT-t Ah-v f fvh atjjuhHft auction to the highest. bidder all', the following, described tract . of s parcelof 'Tand; situate in - Judkins ; township; .Warren county, and bounded and described as follows. to-Wit: -Be-i pile. East of the road leading from the Warren road to- ther: Springs: , then I WftWW. OWAV.WVM A AAtmA4mm ' UTa. - . iinuur-ea ana xnirxyrinree-poies to a pine corner, four pine .pointers; thehoe Korth-ten-degrees i:ast ae .hundred . . . ..... - and fifty links to n. stone, comer. In i JT ' T.-jAhfiaon Una. : rinff.vnitd and . two persimmon polntersj thence South-eighty-five .degrees East - shrty five L poles to a stone corner, near-a white ' oak and post-oak-- pointers: : thence? South eleven degrees East two- hun- Amm.Jl mJ , . 'lll utvu .fLiiu-i.wu pvirs lourieen unKS 10 the beginning, containing one hundred acres of, land,, more or less: upon which land . is situate the Panacea tfm A . i. springs. Boont tnree miles from ? the town of Littleton C :f " h - - At the same" tlraV and' place, the , said commissioners will make sale of - all the other properties, corporator rights, franchises, entity. " privileges i and perauisites of every sort hereto-' fore owned by and,, belonging to. the PflnflMA finvlrxra OAmnanv wnarasA ever; the same, may . be located. . . , i . ' The priorities and rights of precedAr ence of -creditors in the distribution' Of the fund derived from said sale are -retained. for the further adjudlcaUuov . At-said sale. and In pursuance of I l-the order-appointing ' them - commls; eioners. the undersigned will require the last and highest 'bidder. - pending the' confirmation of said- sale, to de-' posit ; with ; theni ' ten "per. cent ; of the ast amount bid. as a guaranty of good faith on the part of said last bidder, which deposit, in case of confirmation of said sale eoi eomnltanre with iYi terms thereof. wUl be applied- as i a but: In -"case bf an order r of re-sale either from -Insufficient price bid or from . upset bid, the said deposit wjll be returned' to said "bidder. In case or non-compuan.ee. with the'terms or sale by said bidder; the1 ten -per cent deposit will, be forfeited to Said com missioners tor the use and credit or. said Panacea' Springs Company. -.. L ' .. The-terms of -said', sale under; said order: are, one-fourth of the. purchase, price in; cash and .the balance , . in twelve months from date of sale, de ferred payment to be evidenced , by;, note bearing interest - at six, per." cent per Annum ; from date of sale, and, Hiia., r.. th. 'KMnrfv ft - ha. retains. unUl "the purchase price . is paid in fult"-:-;-r-.':i --r r-'-i :;.--: This sale-presents an -excepUonaV, Opportunity .for a . profitable invest- x 'ment.--.-The ' medicinal propertlesi jofl the waters are already fully estab-i llhednd the buildings upon the? lands are new and commodious. The; hotel r- buildlncr . contains nearrr aj . hundred rooms, and. is well, furnished! throughout-: The furniture , In- said? momr "willJbe- offered for sale along! with: the other properties and effects.! . V Further Information, if desired, fcan: euner t: uiuewn. w.u, or IlocKyi Mount 1N(-G;-(;T,"; . December .8 th.'l DO? . :. :::,:v.r:, f o. iAniel.-.- -.; r.-I" yi''' I'-' V " TiUsioncrs.' , 1.- - . - I v t : m t
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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