.sfeajyliyi THURSSDAY AFTERNOON", DECEMBER 29. 1910. PAPER PUBLISHED IN EASTERN NORTH C/ Hmrt Time tobct V. Vn . Dec. J8.? Saved frqrn lynching in two towns at the hands of infuriated citizens, WiUlam Furby, the negro accused of attacking Flora Anglin at Weeten. was finally lodged In the State pen Tlie flight of Furby and his.custo dians from Weston to Clarksbufg and thence to this olty forms one of! the mos? thrilling stories of efforts of West Vl/glnia authorities to up of saving the J kept In the Clarke I even with soldiers on guard It was derided to rush him to the shelter of the state prison. With troops guarding all approaches tt. / .tlie building. Furby was disguised as a woman ^*d secretly taken to the railroad yards. - ?vj. There be was put abonrtt a freight engine and under the guard ef two troopers was? rushed here. The sol diers remained on guard to keep up the deception and it was not Until an hour after Furby was gone that the Clarksburg mob discovered the trick. ' V'; tV &?" ? The mob in Its'anger then attack ed the soldiers and In the ensuing fight several ciU^ns nnd soldiers were hurt. ? Lieutenant Colonel R. L?. Osborn. the soldiers' commander was struck on the tread with a heart club and badly hurt. . / Private Arttmr Ynnnprt vym hit with a brick and taken'dying to the hospital. Several others wero also taken to hospitals suffering from severe In juries. Clarksburg. W V?u, Dec. 18; William Furby. the negro charged with attacking Flora Angiln at Wes ton,- was safeltf landed In Jail here this morning. The lockup Is under guard of two companies.of troops. More soldiers have been called and tho town has been declared under martial law to gave Furby from lynching. Furby, who was locked in* the vault of the Weston railroad station ?yesterday to prevent hla being lynch ed, bad another narrow escape when the special train on which he was be ing brought to jail here was held up at Fort 8umr| t by fifty men. who searched every car. ? '. \ At the time Furby waa locked In the. express safe on the train and t&e authorities declared that ho had es caped. The mob tore up the seats In the cars looking for the negro. ^ To placate tho mob leaders the authorities Joined in the seareh. de claring that* Furb/ bad suddenly dls appeared. One of Vbe men trlod to open the safe snd they discussed blowing it open*bet they lacked dy A namlte. ;.**>' The train was stopped by a * lan tern waved across the track and the mob swarmed aboard. / "We want that 'nigger," said the of the mob in a menacing to the sheriff. \ A, ' " him myself, hut I can't Im." answered the officer. f ie explanation of the sheriff, did satisfy the men They were with Winchesters and revol a which they angrily turned fo rds the sheriff and hla deputies. "If we don't get him you will be Horry." declared the leader. Then they began the search. The win dows In the train were broken and there was screcely a whole vent left Finally with muttered threats of ice the mob dreyv- off and started to searoh the woods. Furby, more dead than alive, was gray with fear and saffo ? . ?; i >, '? J V & pOBCHw We "^he core in ony was Impressively performed In the presence of a fow invito ! gueata, by Rev. R. B, Hoffman. Immediately after the .--renionj and amid tiio congratulations of thei many friend# they left on the mid night Norfolk, Sotithero train for ibe i. future home In Portsmouth. V... The Dally New# Jolna their many fliends in extending eohgratuknicnt and best wishes. IIPROBLEM ? NOT SOLVED Again it becomes nocesiary .to di rect the attention of parer.4.^ to use of the sidewalks of the city by their children with roller akktes. This la In direct violation of the' city ordin ance and the parents are directly re sponsible. " Why parents will oducate their children to do a thing when they know it Is a. violation of the law is a problem we havo never beettjable to solve; evidently they do not care whether they are law-abiding citizens or not. Theee parents should visit cm p?? lieo court and the court In oth-sr c'f-. lee there you will see the result of not compel ling children to rcspect the law. 'j The city officials say you noes! not be surprised should you be net Mod t0;?e day ihat *Qur hoy or glH * rt 1ho city hall, awaiting trial for the j violation of a law, which you cauld j have prevonted. ', I An ounce of preventive la worth a j pound of cure. . 'tfeii Christfaxi Church Sun<In> SchtKil ? A Urge ntjmbcr attended tbe Chris tian church Sunday schoo ktttortain ment at the church last night. The t>ccaalon prove'd to be one of the molt pleasant Christmas socials ever given by this growing school. For Thompson Orphans On last Sunday pvonlng at the Episcopal chuii.*.'. the offering taken amounting to over $20 wma seat \o the Thompson Orphanage. Tho ad-^ drcas of the evening waa delivered by Bev. Nathaniel Harding, the rector of the church. -^^*.1; \ On account of the exercises by the Sunday school there was tto sermon delivered. a; A Cutting Affair Christmas Calvin Tetterton and Kalite Wool ard got Into a difficulty at Banyan last Sunday and the result km that Woolard received a knife wound. Tab tcrton was arrested and brought be fore Justice of the Peace Mr. A. Mayo of this city. . He waa placed under bond i|or his appearance on January 5. Mr. "Wool ard is getting on nicely and will doubtless recover. , \ cation -from the sate. He teg&eo i upon his knees that tbe sheriff pro tect him until he jraa safely landed In jail. When the train arrived Kurby was dragged into a closed carriage und the horses dashed towards the lock up, at a gallop. The sheriff and, the .deputies sat beside the negro %WHh drawn )<v' % Meanwhile the excitement waa growing steadily. Country people ar? crowding into towipf ihi!-200 m?o, practically all of them ariaod came from Weston. -?*;? T - IN that Washington la fut a fakir town. Tbero h<re e fakir* permitted to use !te streets (to rob the unsuspecting nub?ir) during the pa at six months than ever before within ton years. ./On yesterday aftenaoon the Inter section of Main and Market streets i wr.s practically closed with one of i these* tfpellblndors and his outfit. i Without nny obstruction the! streets of Washington are not widej enough to accommodate 1*3 trattc and then to force its citizens to glT* way to a thing which drains the town of money which shonld go to our. merchant* is so.Injustice whleb *heuld not be tolerated by oar of ficials. ? ^ Ml HOME WEDDING SIJlHMil HOME WED. . .... . . ;. J . ?1 Miss Leila Sprqlll one of BelRav en's most attractive and popular young ladies, was married fct tii<jf borne of her parents, Mr. and ;Mrs: W. T. sirulll, in that town early yes terday morning to Mr. Henry Tutro formerly of ?dward, Jf. C.. nbw tof New Bern. The ceremony.was performed by ir. H. C. Boweu, pastor of the Christian chnrch. , ','J " immediately after the marrldge e^brlde and groom left on the Nor folk-Southern train for their future borne in New Bern atnid a shower of rfco and old shoes Miss Sprulll has many friends J? Belhavcn and la rat ed among the Ilrst In that town'for, popularity and magnetism. 'The groom I* ? ?. wmni man et worth and intei,rlty. The Daiiy News extends congratulations and host S<-un<!tnxn for the Public lluildlng. For the past week Mr. M. M. Jones a local contractor, has been making soundings for the foundation of the propesod public building at the eor pcr of Markot and Second streets. The work ban been completed and the roaalt of the findings sent on to the department. A rough drawing of the proposed building can now be seen in the drug etore of Drs. Tayloe ne*t .to the post cfflce. All who have seen the cut nro loud In their praise. Work will commence on Its construction some time during the early spring. CARGO OF SNAKES FROM THE ORIENT Now York, Efecr.-?7,?Snakes by tho dozen, none of them under 20 feet in length; rod-faced apes, huge llsardi, a SC inch elephant and a record for Z- J.. ? > s! wV having saved 21 persons from suicide, arrived here last Friday on the Brit Itfh freighter Mtfnetster Castle, from tho Orient, m Tho rcscue oi furred Just before tho jfutuirler Castle loft tho waters of tho fur out. three months ago. when 20 men aD<t ? icirl were Ukfn from a j djgmas.ed vessel that haa been help-J local j adrift for 17 daya. for ate uf which none oft board tho derelict hail anything to eat or drUtk. The dere lict had drifted 1.200 ml lea when picked np by the Mnoriuter Caatle, all all thoae on board were ready j to carft themeeWba Into tbe too. i-rai ed by their Buffering. '?'The rescued 21 told ne Ihey hpd lust decided'to commit sutcldy," 9*ld l.leut. W. J Danohue^ ehlef of ?>? Jlnacaster Oaatle. "6lx vesae'a bad paesed them arltb otU paying any heed to their signals and alt waro nn the rerge of Inaanlty within *?U ? wns nearly 4?0 feet of py the Muncater Coatl - Of STATE CRIMES " TO MIKE RECOMMENOITIONS His Forthcoming Report to the Legislature Awaited With Interest?Some of His Suggestions Follow ? v ? > | j In reference to tj?e- enrollment of bill?, I will quote fronj mjr report ix. 1908: ? The present method of the enroll ment of bills Is & front Improvement over'the did system. They are now typewritten and a C*rbfeu copy made at the same time for the prlnteik. These typewritten copies are bound In volumes, which are much handler than the old. bulky Volumes of band written bllle. In my Itst Teport (De cember, 1906,) tciTm! attention to the fact that more than half (he bills pasfu-J in J 90S were sent to tho Enrolling Offlce in the last ten days of the session This .Included many or the longest anrtf most Important bills, which caused an undue rush, much all night vodk, and prevented to some oxtent th#*j>ainstakinn that should have Been given these *hHls to insure than accuracy. In 1007 this congestion ** the cidsc dx cf the seaalon wshgieii more uiarl;i n uthatf In'1905. At t at session the ? txn 1 A? s' tr.hly p? -.1 1, r>3 *? acta, 45. 01 ov "r KO pr ? ? nf. or thes : Wfcip ratified dnrt^fc'the last twenty t&frii of tfce se?l6&' >1 of them in tbe las* ten days'-oft 217 on the list '.'-y. In suefcr rushPh rk It is fclmost Impossible \o hnv$ It properly done The CommhteeVon Enrolled iMlls <an not detote time to examining such a congested mas < of bills with out neglecting their duties on the lloor of tho General Assembly, and flud It a physical ^in posslbility to I read over these lav* in the limited time they have.^Sjrhis congestion causes mpch craiM^ legislation many inaccuracies. This should be avoided.- ?* r . ?*! The Secretary of' State should be authorized to have a clerk or assist ant carefnlly proof-road a sccond time every act passed by the General Assembly and prepare atconpct copy for the printer, making such purely clerical corrections as do not change the law. This would be to tho Interest of tbe state and greatly facilitate the printing of the laws. I will here take the liberty to re-1 peat c recomafendatlon made two years ago (>906), and will quote dll pectly from my last report: ^ aii um? buuuki i>e nrimen .aaiiy as Introduced, but this seems imprac ticable for want of adequate printing facilities. However, all .Important bills should be printed in large type, trlppled spaced, wide margins for notes and amendments. In amend ing, reference should be made to the words before and after the plac?' where Insertion is to be made, and | especially is this true of supplement al acts. In engrossing a bill the num bers and relative positions of the lines are changed, again the lines are changed in efttplllng, and again changed in printing; so reference to the number of lino is meaningless and often loads to confusion f-.nd cr- < rors. "As the handwriting of the mem bers is not always so clear and Vagi- , ble as to prevent misreading, all bills should- be typewritten when Intro duced?the public bills at state ox penso and private bills at cost of in terested parties. "Typewritten bills and resolutions passing without amendment should be enrolled without being engros?>d. as such a> course will save the state considerable ' unnecessary expense. This-was done to a large extent last session, but it should become the in variable nil \ "As I said in my last report, if the Engrossing Departments of the House and Senate wer* combined and made Into one department, and the copy ing therein don* wjth typewriters, it would be li\ the interest of accuracy and economy. ,The Chief Enp.-osaLir Clerk and atslstants ocnffl. bo ap appolnted by the Speaker of , the House and President of th? Senate." Tfco Journals qfcoukl be 'irlnted dally and a copy placed on the desks of tlie member* of the Legislature ev ery-momlng. The State Printers In form mo that they are now sufficient ly equipped to meet this requirement. JLftvrs and Document*. Heretofore more copies of the Pub lic Laws have been printed than were necessary as the number or justice* of the n??Ace have been Very much ro dnced. This has caused an accumu lation of old laws. The number print ed sl.r.nld be "tery materially reduc ed,- ' ' It may be adrisable to make some change as to the publication ot. pub lic documents as the present method ^ as" adopter' when tho number and rclur.re oJ reports was small and not the bvHy voluminous documents we nc-v hjtve. ' , Ttu Central Assambly of 190$ pro vided that hereafter tho laws shall bo dltfd^d into throe olasses?"pub-I lie, public local and private laws." | The laws of 1909. public and priv ate. embracod 2391 pages. Only 262 pagro Of these wore strictly public. This change will save several thous and dollars in the cost of printing alone. It 1s probably safo to say that , two-lbtrds of the Inws enacted by the General Assembly relate to matters ^vhlch the nttontlon of the Legisla ture should be dlstrated with and much valuable time le consumed that should be devoted to important ptib 11c questions. These private acts should be governed by general laws and most of the legislation now de i manding the time of the General As sembly could be passed upon an in some other States by departments au thorised to attend to sucli matierc or by the Clerks of the Superior Court, County Commissioners or some local authority safegurrded by a referendum. Besides tho time of the Qeneral Assejnbly, many, many thousands of dollars would be saved to this state. In the General Assembly of 1909. as Incredible as It may seem, the rec ords show that mnro than 6f, per cent i* tue laws of the session were en rol?*:;l and ratified in the Ins'- tcrf days of the session. TIi-s wan an1 Injustice to the Btnte an?? a menrjen to safe legislation. Many of these bills were never read by committee men. It was nn impossibility for the members om the Commit tee on En rolled pills to read thom. oven if th"?y had entirely abandoned or resigned their seats in the General Assembly and given their time up to this work. It seems imperative that some plan should be devised to correct this con gestion at the close of the sessions. Of the 1319 laws, comprising 2391 bills of 1909. 174 were strictly public laws, making 202 pages of necessary" legislation that perhaps could not be attended to except by legislative en actment. Of the laws passed. 14 were relative to.lacal courts. 26 referred to the number and pay of county commissioners. 22 to method of drawing and pay of jurors. J? appointing justices of the peace additional to the omnibus justico o> the pence bill and to thos* elected by the people. , 8 to primaries. 9 to prohibition. 94 to roads. 11 stock laws. 7 to automobile laws. 9 to court stenographers. 27 arrears of taxes. 6 to deer. 7 to hunting. 79 to game laws. 29 to fishing. 11 to drainage. 120 laws referring to graded schools, school districts, teachers, ?tc. /? 4 to depredations ojf - domestic fowls. - . 36 to corporations. R to banks. 27 to railroads. ' 122 to cities and towns (embracing J\r uAVT Washington's ? 1 Ev-/ J A ) Greatest Store New Spring Shades in Yard Wide Ball silk mess aline 98 c. yard ^ Best Values Ever Seen flpflMi. ? - 5? pure.). breldej many a CM ,uch n> Ifttm or absepre for clorkt of the court, pro viding for appointment of cotton ve<?l>er*. ?-[? i police powers, etc. The ConeUKitloti Dhonld V, oroend *? / S? {MUM than tHrec fourtl/ : *M,Uh_ '? a?, under gencr.ii .t.?l or Io.-?l rpjtrl* might be ulao.'.nid' wnen needed by Joint actlou of fOuirty conmlislonerB and jtutlrei of the peace with a referendum to the voters. The pay of Jurors, county treasur ers. tbe pay and number or county commissioner*, standard keepers, cot ton weighers, etc., should be provid ed for under general laws. A c-nomj road law presenting al ternative systems, all under control of a State highway engineer, and al lowing county commissioners and magistrates to put in operation Fuch system as best suited to their coun ties, subject to a referendum to their voters, should be adopte' ooll"to pow ers. game lawg. stock.la*s' and such matter* should bo under general laws giving powers to local authorities up on the vote of the people. Drainage should be provided for under general laws. It would somewhat restrain the flood of private laws passed at the close of thw session If the mandate of the Constitution (Article II aection It) was enforced, requiring that the thirty day*' notice of application, to pass such a law shall have been giv en. "The Constitution now provides 1 (Article vill, section I) that corpo rations shall rot b-5 created by spe cial art except In cayes wh<?rc, in the Judgment of the Legislature, the ob-' ject of the corporation cm not be at- I tinned under genera] luwa." TIiIb ' inhibition is frequently overlooked. } and many charters are grante-l which should be created under the general law. The chartering of corporations j with sped*l privileges is contrary to the spirit of our Constitution, and should be jealously watcher by tho General Assembly, he present North Carolina Corporation Laws are ex tremely liberal, and every reasonable power and privilege enn bo obtained I under them. Municipal corporations should not bp created by special laws, but the j I .eg !* la *ii re by general laws, should ! provide for the Incorporation and or- I gnrlsatlcn of cities and towns and j th- classification of same In propor tion to population. This Sr the cas* I !n many states in tho union, and Vc'orks for uniformity and the best in terests of the people. legislative Reformer Uhrarian Pigeon-holed and in accessible in rooms uud closet* of the Canitol are tho bills nnd resolutions introduce* into the General Aaaombly. r.nd re ports and petitions to that body Hin^e our earliest history. Many of these hilts became laws i | and many failed to pan,' AM t bo chronologically arraoged and dexed u they shed much light public questions and five much infor mation aa to the legislative history of the state. " v ?? These Mattered papera are known aa "The Document Library/* and are In the custody of the atate librarian, who la legislative document librarian. The atate librarian now hus more du ties than he can properly attend to. and hia work li growing every year. A legislative reference librarian would be a moat naqful and economi cal to the state. It could be made hia duty to collect, tabulate and annotata Information for the use of members and committees of the general aaeem- ' bly upon all questions of legislation coming before that body. ?le should make references and analytical corn* parlaons of legislation upon similar questions In other states, and have at hand-the iaWn of other states, papera. mag a tine articles and discussions of the queation both pro and con. Such Indexing, tabulation and general In formation would be invanlable to the busy legislator. It could be made thia officer's duty to/edlt all lawa for the state printer, annotating the lawa aa passed and keeping the Revlaal of 1906 revised to date. He should also assist in the preparation of bill* for current legislation, thereby avoiding much duplication and much unneces saiy printing. MAYOR'S COURT There was an Interesting caae tried before Mayor pro tern. Mr. J. V. Tnylpe atithe city hall thia morn lug. The case was State vs Shukrey Jonn, a Syrian and P. Orler.ns, a Jew both cf whom are merchants here, u that on lent Monday they became involved in a difficulty over the tact that Orleans did not close up his store. Several remarks were J uitd the sequence was a scrap. | M?\ il. S Ward appeared tor Orleans Li'U iur. Harry AicMullan for John. .i I ii.e judgment of the court was that uui.ii pay a fine of $5 and cost; as i-u sjrif*ana the case was dismissed. Oiie^uo was tried for dlsorderlly conduct on the *am<^day and was lined $1 and cost. \jiit..iib lcai iiik oodily oarm from the Syrians ae aakud that tShukrey Jvi.x., mi. joau. rl. John uud G. Nlver ue i.tuccd under a peace bond. This tUe court d>u utter ucing satisfied of l.s justice. bAcu we?e required to fclvc a bond in the sum oi |?0 for the next t>o days. To Attend l>mice i Several of Washington's young peo pie including visitors from other cit ies will leave on the Norfolk South ern train this afternoon for Green ville to attend a germnn tonight. They will return on the midnight trafa. J Specials From Now to Jan. 1st Ladies Suits at Actual Cost t All Furs at Actual Cost If you appreciate a bargain, now is your time. Our Furs and Coat Suits must go between now and the above date. BOWERS-LEWIS CO., St/if, THH GEM THKATKK You l! find this Kick's bill an ??$ eroding])} attractive and plMsfag^ one?the best snbjerta. I>on't figure on a dull evening to night?drop In and bee the show. DAISIES?Vitagraph OXONKAS VOW?Edison. EDITH AVOIRDUPOIS?Lnbln FALSE IX)VE AW) TRUE?Lubln For Your Liberal Patronage We Thank You siisir H?8v -r^-V'15 |4"fc.T I -f,' V V

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