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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
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"^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
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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
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