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XffBSDAY, FEB. 14, 11)0 7 H A. LONDON, Editor. The session of the Legislature is now more than half gone and not many bills of importance have as yet been passed. This does not mean that our legislators have been idle or wasting time. They have been busy in committee meet ings considering and hearing dis cussions on bills before they are acted on. The most important work of every Legislature is done at committee meetings, where the bills can be discussed by outsiders by persons not members of the Legislature. Much time has been occupied in committee meetings in hearing discussions ou bills of a local na ture, and some of these local bills have attracted more attention and have been more discussed than any bills affecting the whole state. For instance, a bill to establish a dispensary at Scotland Neck was several times discussed in com mittee meetings and consumed more time than many bills affect ing the "whole state. It was the same case with a bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of whis key in Marion, McDotfail ooauiy, which finally passed tke Senate by a vote of more than two to one. Another bill of a local nature thai consumed much time was the bill to allow an election in Rock ingham county upon the question of locating the new court-house at lieidsviile or Wentworth, where the old court-house was burned last year. This bill was reported unfavorably by the committee. Congressman Pou, of this dis trict, has introduced in the Hous8 of Representatives a bill appro priating one hundred thousand dollars for the erection of a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee at Wash ington City. He says that many Republican Representatives have promised to vote for this bill, the passage of which would reflect credit on Congress. f Our entire country would be honored by having at its capital a statue of one who was said by President Roosevelt to have been "the greatest of all the great cap tains of the English speaking race." We venture the prediction that if such a statue is erected it will attract more attention than any other at Washington. Three men were hanged accord ing to law in this state on last Friday. One was a negro, named Bohannon, at Greensboro, and the other two were at Durham, a white man named Hodges and a negro named Freeman Jones. For a wonder all three acknowledged their guilt, and did not die with a lie on their lips, protesting their innocence, as is so often the case. This was the first execution .in Durham, and both men admitted that whiskey was the cause of their crimes. Hodges had brutal ly killed his wife while drunk and richly deserved hanging. The Legislature will make in creased appropriations for the support of the insane. No humane taxpayer will object to this. Both political parties have demanded it. It is not yet decided whether the increased appropriation for the insane can be paid out of our ordinary revenues, or whether it will be neceseary to issue bond. While we hope that it may not be necessary to issue any bonds for this purpose, yet if it is necessary the bonds could not be issued for a more worthy object. The disabled Confederate vet erans will be helped more by this Legislature than by any preced ing Legislacure. A bill has been agreed on by the Senate and House committees to increase the appropriation for pensions to $450,000 a year. This will be a great help to the most needy and deserving people in this state, and no taxpayer will begrudge this help to our old soldiers. This Legislature is faking no backward step on the temperance question. It has thus far passed every temperance bill that has been introduced, and the good work of driving out whiskey stills and barrooms is steadily progres sing. We are pleased to note that several of the Republican mem bers have voted for these temper ance bills. The rates for passengers on railroads will be reduced by this Legislature, but not to the same level on all roads. The reduction will be graded according to the earnings of the companies, so that the poorer companies will not be unfairly dealt with. The House commit tee has agreed on a bill for this purpose and it is now being considered and dis cussed in the House. This bill makes a fiat maximum passenger rate of two cents for railroads whose earnings in 1905 exceeded 1,550 a mile, two and a half cents for those whose earnings ranged between $l,o)6 and', $1,550, and three cents for those "whose earn ings were below $1,000. Those are the main provisions. Among the others is one that allows pas sengers to carry 200 pounds of baggage instead of 150, and a section fixing maximum periods of hours railroad employe's of the different classes shall work out of the 24. It has been shown that the two cent class according to this bill i would include the Southern Rail way and the Atlantic Coast Line, while the Seaboard Air Line would be in the class privileged to charge as much as two and a half cents per mile. Representative London's Victory. rom ibe iWlelgb sews and Obserrer, 8tb lust. Mr. H. M. London, of Chatham, scored his first legislative victory yesterday in securing the passage of his bill to codify the law in regard to negligence of telegraph companies in mental anguish cas es. It makes no changes in the law as it has been construed by Supreme Court, and puts tha doctrine enunciated by the courts upon the statute books. At pres sent the whole trend of judicial construction is to support dam ages for mental anguish, but if judges ' should take a different view the whole policy would be changed. It is to make fixed what is now the law as construed by the courts. It is in line with a South Carolina statute and the law in many other States. Mr. London was given a hard fight, some of the oldest and most successful debaters vigorously fighting the bill. His argument was clear, convincing, brief. He was supported by strong mem bers. The vote stood more than 2 to one for the wise me i v.ive, and will no doubt pas3 the third read ing by substantial!' the same vote. It should become a part of the statute law. South Carolina Dispensary Abolished. Columbia, S. C, Feb. 9: The State.Senate today, fcy .i vote of 21 to 15, passed the Carey bill, abolishing the State dispensary system and substituting a local option system between the county dispensaries and prohibition. This ends the South Carolina experiment of 14 year3 with the State dispensary system of hand ling whiskey and is a distinct de feat for the dispensary element which has had the leadership of Senator Tillman. The House has already passed the local option bill by a large majority and the bill will become a law as soon as signed by Gov. Ansel who was elected on a plat form carrying out this local op tion idea. Goy. Ansel today removed from office the three members of the State dispensary board who were accused, by the legislative com mittee, of gros3 mismanagement and illegal purchases of whiskey. Walking on Water. New Orleans, La., Feb. 11. Captain Charles W. Oldrieve yes terday accomplished the feat of walking on water from Cincinnati to New Orleans, 1,600 miles in forty day3 lacking 45 minutes, therebv winninsr the world's championship and a bet of $5,000. Ulaneve met with an accident just before reaching the goal at the head of Canal street, that near ly co3t his life. The big wooden shoes suddenly slid out and the walker turned turtle. His wife, who accompanied him all the wav in a row boat, rescued the cap tain. Oldrieve left Cincinnati Janu ary 1, at noon on. a wager that he would walk to New Orleans in forty days. ' At the falls above Louisville he was delayed for 24 hours, and this allowance it was agreed should be computed in the timet . Oldrieve was in motion onlv during daylight, staying over ev ery night at various landings. He was equipped with shoes made of cedar wood, four feet, five inches long, five inches broad and seven inches deep. In a gasoline boat preceding) the water-walker were Capt. J. W. Weatherine-ton. of Dallas, Texas, who backed Oldri eve, and Arthur Jones, represent ing Edward Williams, of Boston, who laid the wager. The sheriff of Sammon eountv is h fugitive from justice, having baen in- aietea lor embezzling about $45,000, and the county coniniissi.on.eM are in dicted for malfeasanca in office. And this is Marion Butler's county, that boasts of its big Republican majority! Interesting Letter From Cuba. The following letter was not in tended for publication, but it may interest many of our readers. It is from Midshipman J. J. London, of this place, who for several months has been on special duty off the coast of Cuba. In camp on Medano Cay, Cuba. January 20. Partialis vou would like to kno exactly what I am here for, so I' write out a coov ot wv order which were given me before leav ing the ship: "U. S. S. Eagle, Pitavaya C&y, Cuba. Jan. 16, '07. Sir: You will land this afternoon and occupy a camp on Medano Cay. Five men and Mr. M. W. Buell, Draftsman, will be under your command and a boat will be left with you. You are to establish the lati tude and longitude by astronomi cal observations. You are to make complete mag netic observations. You are to establish a bench mark and ob serve the tides. If time permits you are to sur vey and sound in the immediate neighborhood of the four cays. Very respectfully, (Signed) Geo. It. Marvell, Lt. Comdr, XJ. S. Navy. Commanding. Midshipman J. J. London, U. S. Navy." This is our fourth day in "camp" here and I think I can begin to write you my impressions of "camp" life. I believe that under certain conditions living in a tsyt would be very disagreeabU, as in very cold weather, or very' hot weather with the added discom forts of rain. Fortunately for us we have none of these. The weath er is ideal! The temperature rang es from 75 degrees to 85 degrees throughout the 24 hours, and we have a continual breeze from the northeast. There is hardly ever a cloud in the sky, so rain is un known. There is no fresh water on the island, our drinking water was sent from the ship in breakers. By keeping these breakers in the shade and in the breeze, the water is kept comparatively cool for drinking. The officers tent, which Buell and I live iu, is 8 feet square, and I must say we are very comfort ably fixed. Having plenty of lum ber (brought from the ship) we made a plank floor for the tent, also two bunks, 18 inches high, and a desk to write on. We brought our bedding and mattres ses with us, so are comfortable as far as sleeping goes. Now as for eating. We eat with the men (5) in their tent on the regular Navy ration, which is not half bad. One of the men, who has had some ex perience, does the cooking on a home-made earthen stove. Have plenty of pots, pans, etc. Up till today we have lived on fresh beef, eggs and ham, but from now un til the ship returns we will live on canned stuff, as roast beef, peach es, pears, and any fish we catch. We catch enough Spanish macker el, trolling" from our boat, to give us at least one meal a day. Have coflee with eondensed milk every meal. This is Sunday, at least after some discussion we agreed that this must be Sunday, so we rest ed, though we haven't been over working. I took my usual sights of the sun with artificial horizon. Two Cuban fishermen, whom we have noticed sailing around in a sloop for several days, came over to visit this forenoon. They brought with them as a peace of fering, two tremendous lobsters, about 2 feet long, with large ten tacles. We boiled them for sup per tonight and found them very much like our northern lobsters. These fishermen are from Santa Cruz del Sur, 28 miles away, and are down here hunting for large turtles. They lire out in the open weather for weeks at the tipe. We took their pictures with the large ship's camera, which pleased them much. We gave them some coffee, sugar, etc. and they went away smiling. I must not forget to mention our pelicans. I think I wrote you some time ago about having caught these young pelicans on Piedras Islands. They were brought aboard ship and kept there for awhile, then were trans ferred to the camp. They are ery comical, with their Jong necks and beaks. At first they would not eat or have anything to do with us, but now they are quite tame, walk into our tents and are always in the way. A red rag waved at them, nearly scares them to death. They take a swim-several times a day, and one of them is learning to fly. They are about the size of a eroose, with great deal lonsrer., wines. The mother bird has at last found where they are, and whenever they go out I swimmin"-. she comes close toi them, but they don't seem to know her. They always come back to the camp. I wish we could take them North with us, I imag ne many Zoos would. 'like to hve them. . - Since coming to camp, I have, collected many beautiful shells. I hope I can bring them home safe-, ly. I have a very fine specimen of a bush that grows on the bottom of the sea. It is on the. margin between animal and mineral life. If I can preserve it, I intend send ing it later to Prof. Cobb or some one at the. University. The conch shells are very pretty, some of them have the most beautiful pink tint inside. Nearly Suffocated by Gas. from The Charlotte Observer, 9 th. Mrs. W. P. McCarter and daugh ter, Sarah, and four grandchild ren, came downTto Charlotte from Surry couuty Thursday night on their way to South Carolina, Hav ing to lie over here for the night they went to the Moore building, on West Trade street, between the Southern passenger station and Graham street", and secured a room. On retiring for the night, about 10:30 o'clock, Mrs. McCarter must have blown out the gas or failed to turn it off, for early yes terday morning,, when some one passed the door, gas was escap ing. An effort was made to wake the occupants of the room, but in vain. The door was forced open and the entire family was fonnd unconscious. Help was summoned, and after some time the six persons were restored to consciousness. The fact that the stove flue was open, so that the gas could escape, was all that saved the visitors. Old-Time Negro Dead. From the Fayettevlile Observer. Btb. Uncle Nelson Starr, an old-time negro, who was well known by al most everybodydied last Sunday afternoon, aged about eighty years. It is thought by some that he wound the town clock for at least twenty-five 3Tears without missing a time. He delivered beef for the butchers all over town, and was always one of the first to have early vegatables on the mar ket, and could always make the right change, for he made money and took care of it. On week days he always had a basket with some thing in it to sell. He was a member of the Baptist church of this city, and was well thought of by both white and col ored. He always wore a silk beaver on Sunday. A Habit to Be Encouraged. The mother who has acquired the habit of keeping on hand a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough HemedjT, saves herself a great amount of uneasiness and anxiety. Coughs, colds and croup, to which children are so susceptible, are quickly cured by its use. It coun teracts any tendency of a cold to result in pneumonia, and if given as soon as the first symptoms of croup appears, it will prevent the attack. This remedy contains nothing injurious and mothers give it to little ones with a feel ing of perfect security. Sold by G. R. Pilkington. Martha Richardson, the. four teen year old daughter of Mr. Wil liam Richardson, a farmer of Pas quotank county, died last week of hydrophobia. A rabid cat is sup posed to have bitten her several weeks ago. What Our Reporter Saw in New York. A recent visit to one of the largest paint factories in the world, disclosed machinery, that was producing 10,000 gallons of Paint, and doing ic better and in time than 100 gallons could be made by hand mixing. This was the celebrated L. & M. Paint. L. & M. Zinc hardens the L. & M. White Lead and makes L. & M. Paint wear like iron for 10 to 15 3 ears. 4 gallons L. & M. mixed. with 3 gallons Linseed Oil makes 7 gal lons at a cost of less than $1.20 per gallon. If any defect exists in L. & M. Paint will repainted house for nothing. Donations of L. & M. made to churches Sold by IV. L. London & Son, Pittsboro, N. C. Tidal Wave Swept Village. Naples, Feb. 10. The govern ment has sent troops and assist ance to Marina di Catauzro, the fishing village on the Calabrian coast, where a tidal wave yester day destroyed 122 houses and ren dered tbe population homeless and destitute. The conditions there are made more severe because of incessant rains. The storm also did serious damage in the prov ince of Cosenza, numerous villag es beng flooded. A FACT ABOUT THE "BLUES" What is known as the "Blue" U teldom occasioned by actual exist ing external conditions, but In the great majority of cases by a dis ordered LIVER. THIS IS A FACT which may be demonstra ted by trying a coarse of in itfsh They coatroland regulate the LIVER. They bring hope sad bouy ancy to the mind. They bring health and elastic ity to the body. TAttCriOCUDOTITUTC. J ?ewr TRADE REGISTEROO liy a party vote of of 20 to 11 the "Jim Crow" bill was passed in the Missouri State Senate last Friday. The Democrats supported the bdl and the Republicans op posed it. While assisting in movisg. a. saw mill near his home iu Moore county, last week, Mr. J. lf.ii. Cole fell dead while walking behind his wasron. Robbed of $25,000. Moscow, Feb. 11. A messeng er beloninr to the srovernment ! spirit depot here while on hisj ii-i tt t a hanlr f 1 1 1 a mnrninir wna I held up by ten armed meu and robbed of $25,000. The highway men in their flight dropped a bag containing; $3,500 but got away with the balance. Seaboard Air Line Railway. Direct Line to All Points in the South, Southwest, North and North-West. 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