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1 -.1 7 -v. i VOL. XVII. II A LEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. JANUARY 26, 1899. NO. 8. M HE PROCEED NG Resolution Introduced in the House Looking to the IMPEACHMENT OF NORWOOD. The Senate Allowed Cannon, Losing Cm tettant from tbe Thirty-Fourth District S202.50. THE HEXATK. Twelfth 1y. A message from Governor Rnsecll was rind lu which the (iovernor gave Lin reason for the dismissal of J. V. and B, Otho Wilaou from the railroad commission. On tuo tiou of Mr. HairnUm it wan ordered that 20 ) copies of the message be print e l and distributed iiuoDj the members of tho Legislature. 'Ihe evidence us kivcu ly the Governor will ) takeu undtr immediate consideration by tho coruiiu'tto. Among the bill intro duced were: Lowe, to prevent iiijm tico and imposition upon clerks by at torney; lluifton, to rcpnre foreign incorporated companies to become do mestic corporat hjum, and to obtain li cense to transact business in North Carolina; Miller, toexempt ex-Coufed-irate soldier tuna paying peddler' tax; Miller, to repeal chapter 1)", lans of l'J, and to aliow the plaintilT more action to try tho title of any .State, coniily or uituunpil oflico to make a motion before t ho jtidia of the Supe rior Court of the district in which Ihe m l ion ii bronchi to cause the defend ant to yiv Loud for any fee or euiolii menta that lauy cunt into the defend ant's hand. and that may be recov ered by tie pliuutill in tho scion. '1 ho calendar taken uj nud a reso lution in regard to an inquiry as to the payment ct money out of the Mute Treasury panned tinat reading, as di.l Ihi u bill to rei fa! chapter 11, lawn of lK',)7, with regard to the tithing with certain nets in Albemarle river and nil.stitutiug "mj" for "21 feet. It was suggested to Senator Ibiirston that hi bill to prevont tho carrying of rail load litigation up to the Federal points vm unconstitutional, ami he intro duced anothor bill iu its place. Tin iitpkntii Dat. On motion it was irdered that copies of tho bill codi f ing tho insane laws of North ('urn linn, aud su'unittod by Dr. 1 I Mur- I hv, of Morgantou, be presented and distributed among the Senators. Coin tuittco reports awarded ?270.(SJ ( less tlmu wai oriiunlly decided iipchj t Citnnon, tho lotiug contestant liuiu t lio thirty fourth district, aud reeoai iiu u led tli ut a mllicieut ntnount of in on cy bo impended to establish a i.:;ht lion in Htatiuii 111 Ci!o i'ear Cbniiiiol. I'mnlio N nr. I. Snator Smith uu ii lUiiocd that iu oceorduuca witli m 1 11 ui tioin from tho Senate hist commit Ice h:i I rmiuced the number of pues fi'i'iu ton to sit Among the bills iu tio.lutvd ueio: Onudwiu, to prevent the removal of cuius from State to Fed tr.it courts: Smith, to provide primary election for political parties; Justice, (by request), to amend chapter lij'., of tho private law of 1HJ., and to allow Hiiv'v companies to become purely for c '""iti, PTntcru, etc.; GleuD, tu r t il.lisli 11 Mato veterinary association. l'pi"i theanggestinn of Justice, Cllenu und Drown wvre appoiutod as a part of a joint committee to investigate tho )euito:itiurv aud Oborno selected to I'Minmin the evidence submitted as to the dismissal of S. Otho and J. W. ilsou from the railroad commission. Tho Cannon expense matter waa brought up, and exactly an hour and twonty live minutes were consumed in determining whether there should boa reduction of $60 iu an account, sanc tioned by the committee, of $270.60. Finally out of all the ehaoa tnere came in amendment to cive Cannon $202.50, which was adopted. Bills as follows pas ed third reading: To chance the name of the Southern Atlantio Kn dowment Company of North Caro lina, to incorporate the Southern Conservatory of Mnic, at Durham. I ho Hertford county bill came ui n secoud reHdinjr. Jt was opposed by 1'ranks and Fuller. (Uenn rose to ask that the rule ba suspended and that bill bo immediately passod. He be lieved it iirht that five men should be appointed by this Legislature to pot nsulo tho three commissioners. The resolution theu passed third reading Dot KTEF.NTit l)AY. Senator Fuller, colored, offered a memorial from bis nice, lu substance it heirs the for honrivnce of the Legislature on the col ored school question. Amoutf the new bilr introduced were: Milier, to place a tax of on billiard table, cic. Senator Franks was voted ns expeusea in the contested election ease. 1 he following bills were unfa vorably reported: io repnl tuo law regard my disabilities oi uinrried women, and npou a bill to 1 nui-li iawvers that "conspiro" to the injury of clients (Senator Lowo's bill At il:!"a. m., on motion, the Senate adjourned in honor of Le a birthday. t,rfi-:ENTii JUt. The Senate met at H) o'clock, and praver wan offtfre i by Dev. Mr. lletts. Ueports of com mittees were favorable as to bilin to 'Xempi ex v onuxiirato souuers ir.a pavintr peddlers' licenae; to repca: chapter 2 'J 7, law of 1SJ , in relation t Ditanruptev (recpiriuir tual any prom ise or couiract matlo Dy a nanKrupt Khali be in writiuir); to repeal chapter ; laws of lbi),: to valulale certain oths (those made br hold in ir u bauds), aud unfavorable as to bib to ask the Secretary of S'.at: for information an to certain fees n! lowed county olhcers. I he caiend.i was then takeu up. Fuller's bill to re (iuost our U 01 tad titates Senators and ilprcfentatives to vote for the ratiti cat sou of the treaty of peace and to la bor for local self-government iu our newly acquired territory camo up on its necoud readin?. TUe bill was tabled. The f ollowine bill passed their final reading: To aok Cor.ncress to appropri Kto a sulllcient amount of money to es- tablish a liK'nt hoiu ut Cape Deacon, 1 amlico Sound? to repeal chapter 431, luwa of 181)7, (law v la regard to spe cial school toxh Senator Smith, pres ident pru tern of the Senate, presid e d Sixteenth Dat. The Senate met at b o'clcck and prayer wrs offered by L. C. Iftenn. beports of conmittee wero fuvorabla as to bill to luvesu- Lu'.eti . lavmentof money out of the t tte Trg..surv, and unfavorable en b rid t . 1 e.iejl chapter 7, laws of lS'i delat ii; to colonization and eni'yr.i tion agents). This bill is the same as House bid No. t(4. Among the new bills introduced were: Uairstou, toen- ublo married women to contract just at lenie soles; Cambell. to protect opera tors iu bouds from loss on value. The ''H'edar was then taken an. The fol- i'.w.:,. bills passed their final readm;: Tu lunand section 2831 of The Code (bv ' i.ikmz it lawful to impose a line of ttlO trteutiays im)risonmect for huntiui 011 iniKt without writteu rrmisioii); r ividw for the cross-irjilexiu,; ol w.b t' amend chanter 2-j8. laws by midi:i' to stscUou 1 thatauy person vi o.at:uir disregardins the provisioiisof mi uet shall be guilty of a misdemean or; to repeal chapter 203, laws of 1897 fwLic'i a'lowe l 31 a day 1 1 spca! ven irtiueur, to tt'i isro the tw ; rotu'e or contract of a banki ntt to 1. 9 in wniiD; to vahdst certain oaths ftuote tca-i by holding up ofhvid); to exprnr t Con federate fo!i:fr fr.ua pay;n I'C-bib.-r' tax (th:s was nmeude-l ly aJLci.'. "aud hall not act as aent b r auother"); to protect depoiito'-s u bnka by ro ijU.rin banks to givo bond. Skvestkexth Dat. The Senate wa. opened With player. Reports of rouiruittee were favorable to tho following bill: To amend section JJ.IW of The Cede, rednemtf the lice of Hupreme Court lUpita frota 82 to 9I..V); to amend bec tion 2, loo, relating to the probate of wills; to amend chapter 113, laws ot HM; to repeal chapter ?M, laws of 11J7; to promote temperance; to repeal the charter of Newberne; and unfavor able as to bills to repeal chapter 1 J , laws of IH'Jo; to enable married women to contract as feme soles and to re duc the (.ay of employes of the Legis lature 20 per cent, below the waxes l aid iu 1M7. Among the bills intro lucfli were: Senator liobinsoa, to amend chat ter 154, lawa of 18'.M; Mc Jntyrc, to le peal chapter 80, laws of lHii j, and to re-enact chapter 475, lawa of ; Dryan, concerning titles to wills; Cocke, to provide for the ap pointment of court stenographers. Tho calendar bein; taken up, the fol lowing bills panned final reading: To repeal chapter ?, laws of 181)1; to amend section l,8tH, of The Code, with regard to the drainage of lowlands; to repeal chapter 201, law3 of WjI. THE HOUSE. TwKbKrii Day. The message from Ooveruor Kussell, Riving his reasons for tho removal of J. W. Wilson and S. Otho Wilson as railroad comciisRion ers, was received, it was road. Dur ing the rending Otho WiIhou entered tho hall, aud whs an interested listener. A joint reholntion was introduced by Winston setting forth that Congress had appropriated .310,000 for the erec tion of monuments to Cenerals Frauds Nash and William Leo Davidson, bat had not chosen a locatiou for the monumeuts, nud raising a joint committee of live to taka charge of the construction and location. Among tho bills introduced were: Jtonutrce, in relation to tho probate of deeds and the privnt.i examination of married women, and also to repeal cer tain a ts granting exeruptiou from jury service; Clarkson, to amend the in surance law aud to enable North Car olina manufacturers to procure a min imum into of I110 insurance; Wail, to establish n State text book commisoion and detiuo iiw duties: Wrenu. to reg ulate tho apportionment of public school fuud; Cuirie, to rcdnco salaries aud fees; Winston, to regulato the working of convicts nn to establish county farms. (It provides for a farm iu each county, upon winch cou-vict.- are to work to feed them selves a;i l tho poor of the county, and they nre also to work the public lORds. Tho bill nlso pro vides for the discontinuance a:ter 10QJ of tho preseut penitentiary farms.) Fattersou, to prevent the Balo of adulterated and mihbranded food. Thompson, to amend -chapter 24 of The Code, so that 6uch children of the mother Hhaii inherit from each other as if all were legitimate; Yarboro, to reie:l thn fii Irx :j. iteaiers in horses and mules. Tne calendar was taken up. Hill passed repealing tho act of lH.iT, which required olectious to be held each alternate August ou the que?, tiou of special tax-.s for public schools the State to pay au amount equal to that voted by townships. The bill as passed excepts those townships which last year vo ed the tax, so they can get the money this year, but no longer. Craig introduced a resolution raising a joint committee of o to tnke into con sideration the message of the Gover nor as to the Wilsons (railroad com missioners , investigate it thoroughly and have power to send for persons and papers. The resolution was adopt ed. Smith, of Craven, introduced a resolution asking Congress to repay to the negro depositors of the Freedman's Savings Bank, an institution chartered by Congress, the monev of which they were robbed by its collapse. Thirteenth Dat. Curtis introduced a resolution to instruct the committee on the judiciary to enquire and report i whether articles of impeachment ought to be preferred againet V . L. Nor wood, who claims to be a judge of the twelfth judicial district. Overman in troduced a resolution, which was at once adopted, raising a committee to make inquiry as to how many assis tants there are in the office of the engrossing clerk of the House and how many era needed. Overman, Leatherwod and Patterson, of Cald well, were named as the committee. The following acts wee ratified and are 1 now laws: To allow Reidsville to issue warter-works bonds; to repeal act of 1807 regarding fishing in Alleghany; to incorporate St. Luke's circle, King's Daughters, of llaleigh; to provide for working publio roads in Washington county; to create a committee to inves tigate the management of the peniten tiary; to amend the charttr of Linghnm School; to allow the Worth Bagley monument to be placed in tbe capital square. Among bills introduced were: Carroll, to ame&d the charter of Gra ham; also to facilitate resolution of rights of citizenship in certain cases; Overman, to amend chapter 47, acts 18') 1, by allowing administrators and executors of trustees in a mortgage to make deed to the purchaser at sales nnoer ioreciosure; vmnam, 10 nx sala ries of solicitors ana require their lees to be turned into tho State Treasury; Pcggs, to have tho elementary princi ples of agriculture taught in the 1 ublio echcols; Gattie, to amend the law re garding the proving of titles out of the State; also to provide for giving security in criminal actious; Ked- ding, to amend sections 10 and 37, acts 180, so as to release bl tax on livery stables and $50 tax n manufactures. The bill in regard to giving the right to the commissioners of Hertford to oust the supervisor of public schools aud to appoint school committees came up with an unfavorable report and was ' tabled. Gilliam stating that a general ! bill would cover it. Eills raised to allow Morganton to issue and buy electric lisrht plant. A bonds .,u t ""l give magistrates nnai jurisdiction in cases of carrying concealed weapons came up with an unfavorable report and provoked considerable debate. A bill was tabled to repeal the act making two years abandonment ground for divorce, as was also tho bill to prohibit tue charging of ever b per cent, on crop liens, etc., by merchants, etc. Bills passed reducing the price of Supreme Court lie ports to $1.50, and to repeal act of 1807 allowing certain counties to vote on stock law. Fourteenth Day. Among the bills Introduced were: Carroll, fo repeal the act of 1803 imposing a tax on inher itance; Allen, to 30 amend chapter 122, acts of 1807, as to the charter of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, so as to take all power given the Gover nor and place it in the bands of the board of iuternai improvements; also to repeal charter 110, acts of 18J7, regard ing the same road, so as to take from the Governor the power to- appoint Stole. Droxx. At 1Q:50 Representative j Overman said; "Mr. Mpeaker.ia bocor 1 . . 1 . i .1 . 01 ids memory mi me worm fcreaieai cbieftaLi, the Christian soldier, ta patriot Bod tho statesman, the teacher of the youtb, the exemplar of all that is brave, .good and true, the Soath'e greatest hero, ( Jeteral Robert E. Lee, I move that tbia House do now adjourn." The motion of Mr. Overman was ncaa- lmoaaly adopted. FirrcExta DaY.The Honse met at 10 o'clock, and Etr. Dr. A, ML fcim- fflom offered prayer. A memorial waa presented from Josiaa Turner as publio EnnUr 23 yea ago, asking that hi til be re-aadited and any balance found due, with 6 per cent, interest Among the bills introduced were: McLean, to appropriate ?lrt,500 for etch of the years and 1'jOO for im provements at; the Institution for tbe White Blind, including aa electrio light plant, new boilers, new ward for females, eta ;Carr of Duplin, to require separate cars or compartment cars for whites and blacks on railroad trains. The election contest from Pamlico eouaty came up and wus settled in fa vor of Dees, Democrat A bill was passed to create a Board cf Internal Improvements to be composed of one member from each Congressional dis trict and which shall meet in Raleigh on the teiith cf February, Wr). Two other acta were passed as parts of the same, depriving tho (iovernor of all control cf this board and all control ver the directorship of the Atiantio and North Carolina Railroad. Allen's bill, regarding agricultural liens and chattel mortgages was also pas.-ed. The general bill provides that the reg ister shall get fifteen cents and the clerk thirty cento. Sixteenth Day. The Tlouee met at 10 o'clock and was opened with prayer. Among tho bills introduced were: Nicholson, to amend The Code in regard to vagr- tp, by punishing vagrancy by 30 days sentence to labor on the public roads; Winston, to amend section 1041 of The Code, so as to punish fornication and adultery be tween white and negroes by jail im prisonment or not lean than four months or penitentiary imprisonment of not over five years, and make it a felony; Graham, to punish the carrying of concealed weapons by a fine of $5 to $15 for first offence and $15 to $80 for each subsequent offence; Stevens, to provide for the punishment of pools, trust, conspiracies and combinations (tnis bill is based on the Missouri law). The special order was taken up, being the bill to authorize the publication ol the sketches of each North Carolina regiment in the Confederate service; 1,000 copies. The bill passed its read ing by unanimous consent; a bill to make a 12 months' separation, a ground for divorce passed. Seventeenth Day. The House was opened with prayer. Petitions were pre sented from merchants for the repeal of merchants' purchase tax. The judi ciary committee recommenced that the bill in regard to concealed weapons, permitting their nse, do not pass. Among the bills introduced were: liouutree, to amend section 503 of The Code; alpo to protect land owners ngainst depredatioas of tenants; T'ou Bhee, of Durham, to provide separate waiting rooms in depots; Craig, to give judges power to debar attorneys from practice in courts, when guilty of im moral aud disreputable acts, and power of appeal is g'-eu such attorneys to tho ouprbiue Court; Stubbs, a bill to amend sectiou 2, article 9, of the con stitution. The amendment provides for au equitable distribution of the school tax raised under the general law, be tween the races, and in addition to the fund under tho general law provides that the people of any race, living in any county, city or township, by an act of tho General Assembly, levy for educational purposes a property or poll tax of the citizens of that race. The bill for the relief of married wo men, removing their disabilities as to real estate rights, passed its third read ing without objection. The bill for the relief of A. L. Swinson, enrolling clerk of the last 1 egislatnre, was de feated after a spirited debate. The bill allowing flour mills to levy certain tolls provoked considerable discussion. The bill came up on its second read ing for passaee and was defeated. The bill to amend chapter 484, of the lawa of 1807, passed its second and third readings. The Dill to amend section 1,797 of The Code, was laid upon the table. The bill, amending section 2,007, of The Code, passed its second and third readings. NICARAGUA CANAL E1LL PASSED. riie Name of the Maritime Canal Company is Continued. Saturday the Senate passed the Nic tragua Canal bill. There were only x votes cast against the bill. Tue Nicaragua Canal bill as it passed con tinues the name of tne Maritime Canal Cotn- j t,auy! It provides for the issuance of 1.00J,- 1 00J shares of stock at $100 each. The canal i company is required to call in all the stock issued except mat held by tne Nicaragua ana Costa Hicau governments. The company is alsi) required to redeem and caueol ail bonds am', scrip heretofore issued by the company and to satisfy all cash liabilities. To enable the company to comply with this require ment. Treasury warrants to the amount of S5.0u0.000 are authorized, with a provision to the effect that only so much of the amount' shall be paid as fhall be required to pay the actual cash value of the rights, privileges, franchise and property at the time of the payment, and tho value to ba determined by commissioners to be appointed by the Presi dent. This being done, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to subscribe for 925,- 000 shares of the company's stock for the government 01 tne united states. The present members of tbe board of di rectors are then to resign and a board of seven to be appointed in their stead, consist ing of five on behalf of the United States and one each on behalf ot Nicaragua and Costa liica. The directors on behalf of the United States are to be appointed by tbe President and confirmed by the Senate. No two of them are to be residents of any one estate and no person who fias heretofore been Interested in the Canal Company U to be appointed to this office. They are also prohibited from being interested in contracts on the canal. Each of the directors except the President Is to receive a salary of $5,000 per year, and the President ts to nave &6.009 AU travelling expenses are to be paid. An nual reports are required. xnere is a provision against declaring a dividend except upon tbe net ean.iags. ihe company is authorized to contract for the completion of the canal within six years. ! Tbe payments are restricted to $23,000,000 : uauuaur. luo cantu is 10 oe large eaouirn .K 1U 1 . 1 1. ivi use ui iiro imicsii Bca-uiu c&3tru at a cost not to exceed the estimate of the engineers, and not to exceed 115,000,000.' This amount is made a permanent appropri ation for the work, to be used as occasion may require. The bill srivee the govern ment a lien upon the property to secure the payment of tbe moneys advanced, and the President is empowered to declare' forfeiture 01 tne property to the United States without the necessity of judicial or other ascertain ment." Thereafter full title Is to rest in the government of the United States. The President Is authorized to suspend payments at any time. The President is &Uo authorized to secure any change or any modification of the terms of the concession. either from the concessionaires or from Nic aragua and Costa Bica. In case of failure in such negotiations, the President is empow erea to negotiate for another route across the Isthmus. He Is further requested to open negotiations for the abrogation of the Ciay-ton-Bulwer treaty, or any other treaty foud to be in existence and standing in the way of tbe construction of the canal. The neutrality of tne canal is guaranteed, bat the right to protect it against the interruptions of bnsi neas between the Atlantio and Pacific coasts of tbe United States la reserved. inilllSMDMD The Governor Transmits To the Legislature His Reasons NO NAMES ARE GIVEN. Claimi the Wilsons Received Favors of a Substantial Character Frost tfee Seithen Railway. The following is tbe text of Gov ernor Russell's message, transmitting to the Legislature the evidence Bpoa which he dismissed the Wilsons from the railroad commission: To the BenaU aad Hc of Repre i 1 ta jv: iy tue railroad commission aot of 18. il it is provided that it shall be the dnty of the Governor to suspend from oSce any railroad commissioner a- shall become the holder of any stock or boad of any railroad company, or who shall have any interest in aiy way in sack company. It in farther directed by said act that the Governor shall suspend any commissioner in case he shall become "disqualified to act" The scope, intent and policy of this act manifestly are to secure on the part of these railroad commissioners absolute independence of the railroad corporations over which they are en trusted with sach important powers. liiese commissioners were to pass judgement upon complaints against railroads, to fix rates npon their traffic to assess their great properties for taxation, and thus exercise powers vi tally important to these corporations. and so the law said in advance that a commissioner should not hold a share of fetock in any raiboad company. Its words are broad enough (although per haps not so intended) to prohibit him from holding a worthless share cf stock in an insolvent railroad in a for eign country. Then the law goes fur ther and prohibits him from acquiring any interest in any way in such company. Then it provides that if he does any of these things, he shall be suspended. Then it goes further, and directs that if he 6hall become dis qualified to act, be shall be suspended. Ibis last provision I construe to mean that he shall be suspended if, in tho opinion of the (Iovernor, he becomes for any reason disqualfied to act. Says the law, after enumerating vari ous prohibited interests, such as stocks and bonds, "he shall not have any in terest in any railroad company in aay way." This I understand to mean that he shall net enter into contracts with them; that he shall not make money out of them, or seek to make it; that he sha.ll not make transactions with them for bis pecuniary benefit or ad vantage. Indeed it amounts to a pro hibition ngninst bis having any deal ings with them, except those which are open to the general public, such as buying tickets, or sending freights at regular rates. He cannot enter into a contract to furnish iron or cross-ties, or other supplies. He cannot make a contract with the company vhereby the company is to furnish him anything of value at an agreed price, ruch as an agreement to run a sidetrack to his mill or nnue, or to sell him land, or iron, or goods of any sort. In a word, he must have no pecuniary transactions with these corporations, except such as he is entitled to as a member of the general public. This is my under standing and construction of the stat ute. If it is not correct, then we have this rcductio ud absurdum; that the Legislature undertakes to require that railroad commissioners shall be free from all interests in railroad companies; that they shall be disinterested and in dependent, and for this purpose goes to the extent of saying that they shall not own even one share of worthless stock in any railroad, no matter where it may be, and notwithstanding ail this caution it permits them to enter into transactions with these railroads for their own benefit or for their pecuni ary advantage, and to place their own fortunes in the power of these corpora tions. Applying these principles to the case in hand, and obtaining such informa tion as was available, not having the power to send for persons or papers. or to examine witnesses, or to take de positions, or to obtain evidence by any judicial or quasi judioial method, but acting upon toe best mioraaation ob tainable, I reached the conclusion that Mr. S. Otho VVTlson should be sus pended upon facts which seem to be substantially as follows: 1. He leased for three years the Round Knob Hotel from Col. A. B, Andrews and Major James W. Wilson. He said that ne leased the property for his mother, ine information, circum- stancial and positive, convinced me that while he may have nominally leas ed it in her name, he was the only real party in interest; that the lease was for his benefit, and that the profits were to go to him; that he used the property as his own, and that, while his moth er's name may have been mentioned in the matter, he was the real and only genuine lessee. 2. That tne lease 01 tne Hotel was with the understanding that the rail road company should abandon its eat insr houses at Hickory and Asheville. and to give the benefit of its patronage 3 T- 1. Jl A . 1 - to liounu lvuou, mu um tor mis con tract with the railroad company, Mr. Otho Wilson would not nave rented the hotel. 3. It appears, from the information before me, that favors of a very sub stantial character were extended by the railroad company lor tne benefit of Mr. Wilson s hotel. In reeard to J. W. Wilson, the facta seem to be: 1. He was a member of the railroad commission. 2. He was mortgaged to Col. An drews in a large sum, to wit: 56,000, which, it was alleged, he was unable to Day. 3. Ool. Andrews was manager of the 8outhera Railway iu the State of North Carolina, and the first rice president of the corporation. 4. He. J. W. Wilson, was also part owner of the Round Knob Hotel, which was located on the line of the South era Railway, m North Carolina, and was valueless as a hotel property un less it was patronized by the railroad company as an eating house. 5. The Round Knob Hotel had been discontinued as an eating house for a number of years prior to the leasing of the same to S. Otho Wilson, also a member of the railroad commission. When the said Round Knob Hotel waa closed as an eating house, railroad eat- in s houses were established, one at Hickory, on the east: another at Ashe ville. on the west of Round ii.noo. jon- temporaneous with the reopening of the Round Knob. Hotel as aa eating house, during the year 180G, ths eating bouses at Asheville and Hickory were discontinued. The lease of the Round Knob Hotel was ostensibly made to Mrs. Wilson. u. mother of S. Otho Wilson, but the evidence herewith seat die!ow U fact that H. Otho WiImi waa the real owner thereof. Tbe word "interest" a the statute is one of the widest slcala catioa. aad as here axi 1 breadeaed and enlarged in iu acepe by the ex- preesioa "n aay way. Legislative tsgenatty exhausted tu power of ex pression in the as of this loaguace. The udibob exnerieaee of life teaches ua all that the relation of mort gagor and mortgagee is one of sobor aiaatioa on the port of the mortgagor, aad domination oa the part of the mort gagee, the mortgagee generally having the power to distress, and even crush. the mortgagor. Was the interest of J. W. mlsoa euch aa interest that it could operate to influence hie acta la dealinsr with the corporations that Cob Andrewa managed? Would he be a competent juror la a cose for or against the Southern Railway Com pany? And again, J. W. Wilson waa part owner of a hotel property that was oaly valuable when used by the rail road company as an eatinar honse. It was in the power of the railroad com pany at any time to confiscate, as it were this property. It was also in their power, and their power alone, to give it value. Under the statute, broad and sweeping in its intention. can a man be qualified to act as com missioner who has this reculiary in terest at stake and is at the mercy of tho road he is set to look after, and watch and control. Tbe law does not declare any man dishonest because he has aa iaterest in a railroad, or dealt with its officials. It only declares that such interest or dealings disqualifies the commissioner. The legislature had the power to prescribe any and every disqualification. The dnty of tbe ex ecutive is to execute the law. ihere 19 no discretion here. The words of the statute are: "Shall suspend." After Mr. J. W. Wilson was called upon to show cause why he should not be suspended, he made a conveyance of his interest in the hotel property To quote his own language, "this was done agreeable to section 1, of the act, to avoid criticism by even the cap tious." as to his conduct as railroad commissioner. If by these transactions he had become disqualified, the pur pose of the law could not be defeated by his conveying away his interest in the property In performing the duties imposed by this law as to suspending this class of officers, the Governor can only. act upon such information as comes to him, none of which is evidence in the strict snd technical sense of that word. He has no power to obtain evidence; he cannot summon witnesses; he can not issue a subpoena; he cannot take testimony; he cannot compel any body to testify; he cannot take depositions. If he oould procure affi davits, they would be only voluntary and would not be evidence because they would be ex parte. In the nature of the case, therefore, he is compelled to act upon such information as may be voluntarily given to him either orally or in writing. Some of the let ters and other papers which were sent to the executive office in these cases were signed by parties who have not .consented to their publication. Fear ing that these persons might regard it as a breach of confidence for their com munications to be published, I include herein ertracts from their vrrittsa statements, without giving the name of the authors. But the names of the wit nesses, who, according to my best infor mation, will establish these allega tions, will be given to any investiga ting committee of your honorable body at any time at your pleasure. The following extracts from papers snd letters exhibit some of the evi dence which I am informed can be pro cured by such process as your honora ble bodies may choose to provide for purposes of investigation: "On or about the 21th of July, 1897, Hon. Otho Wilson, railroad commis sioner, and myself met in the Gleu Rock Hotel, Asheville, M. (J He thought I was the proprietor at first and said in substance that he would like to sell the lease of the Round Knob Hotel, as that would be the best way to have Asheville made a meal station, by closing the hotel at Round Knob. He proposed to 6ell to me for $500, the lease for five years; the first year was to cost nothing, but the remaining years $20 each year. He also stated that 1 would have free use of the telegraph li o, and all supplies of any kind would ba delivered free of freight charges at the hotel. To my inquiry as to how this would be done. he said that the supplies would be dead-headed by either the conductor of the trains, or the baggage-masters of the same. I am not certain which. He also stated that I would get free transportation (passes) over the South ern Railway, stating that his family al ready had them. I asked him what assurance he could give me that tbe Round Knob Hotel would remain an eating station if operated by me, and he said he could give me assurarce as long as it was owned by the railroad folk , either naming Col. Andrews or J r. Wilson, or to tne best 01 my recollection, both, and if I leased it and the hotel closed the trains would stop at Asheville for meals. " "In regard to o. O. Wilson s connec tion with the hotel at Round Knob; that ha rlaimnd to have Tntnd it fnr himself is easily proven.1 He told me so the first time 1 ever met him. He also told everybody in this section the same. He also urged me to buy him out; he did not Bay buy his mother out, but himself, and said he would transfer the lease. As I told you, his eon. who is now running the place. told me, that the old man always took awav all the money, leaving him scarcely enough to make change. When he took his family back to Ral eigh, he took nearly everything in it did not leave a change lor tbe beds. took almost all the furniture be bought for his poor mother. The eld lady Wilson has complained time tad again to others, not to me. that she never got a cent. Now if you want any more proof that he leased the hotel. write to any one at Old Fort that is en gaged iu business. . . . Yes, Major Wilson asked Mrs. C5 and I to accompany their party out on the Mur phy branch. I have been told by dii- leront members of the family that they did not pay to ride on the trains. 1 "ror any further Information in tne w u- son case, have the telegraph operator at Bound Knob interviewed. Borne time prior (more than 30 days) to tbe change of the eat' ing house. I was informed by Conductor W W. Barber that Major Wilson offered to lease the Bound Kuoti Hotel to Mr. Christie, wao keeps the eating bouse at Balsam, M. C, guaranteeing two dinner trains a day. "Major Geo. D. Miles and Mrs. Cunning' ham, who ore now at Bound Knoo Hotel. will say that Otho's mother told them that she was to get a salary for running tbe house, and that she had never received a cent; that Otho would pocket all as fast as It eame in; that all the freight coming to the note! was d. h;' that all the guests ol tbe nouse would get on train without tickets or pass or as many as wished to go) and go to Old Fort and attend dances and return without any questions all that was neces sary was for Otbo or bis boy to bo on the train; that the lady operator was to be led by Wilson, and the railroad company was to give her iu per montx. simply to take or aers for meals. J. J. Lange here wia say that Otho offered to sell out his teas to him; yes, aad the parties first mentioned will say that Otho earn from. Baieigh a nlght.or o tmton he was to oaewee. to f aa exile v2 inm ut avutfew Ut O oi aav Hal to Mart- 1 larOoUd tm awtktaf ; tkos oa a h4 I aavy waa, -I'aaa that Skoa. At the (UM 4 MUM the metr' oaoavtt UM aar at ia feotai raaral orxWa to t-ort la avtc of train. iMy bafore yucJay La -or toi4 the eooJAcoor o la Uet fmjcbl to at4p at Koo4 KaoO Uca4 04 off &. Otho's boy. Oa taattraia e r m ICr are aUow4 to rVl. -Mr. a. uuxj wuoaal for ta4 aswwd Laif-raie of frrUal oa ala rco4 te Hoaa4 Koob. You hr oaly to ocU 10 raUro4 Ux.lt to pro Una aaaettioa." "AUat six or -bt vat ao. aav J. X. alorsaa a4 mymX wo t'oa-jim la fro I cf tb i'trmm' Warehooao ta AafcortU. X C.,a4 Mr. at. Otho VTUaoa aoa 4wa oa lb opposite aid of Um atrwt aa4 nrol over to as aad tpoia to Ur. atrgaa. air. Morfaa thea latrodooad hiss tu L-.a. I ro marked that 1 kaaw hla; that a waa Um roan wbo aav as tbop g-vo4 diaaora at Um liound Knob liotoi. lie aaidi la, I give lhtn one doaaro worth 01 gtao lot " oasta. 1'Ul u coat dm fJOO pa aoaLh to nvo at borne, bat it to Lur for mj family's a Ita, I think. Lj apead tho saota la too asoaa Ulca, and thla tare mm taouay art oU," "1a rrtrar l to the Bound kaoO Uoirl,ila)or Geo. V. Mile, a boarder tbvra dartnaT the I-ast two month or mora, told m la a eoa Trrnailoa tbot frequently Otho Wilaoa'a aoo aad other went to Old Fort aad Maxloa to parties, or oa butnw and th conductor never collected fare, aad bo tickets or pause wvre asked tor; tby wero paaaed oa khrtit; that Mr. Wllaoa eomp.lad ot bar on Otho not paving ber tho salary agreed oa lor running the hotel; that she waa work ing for a aalary and never received a eect of it. Otbo VYilon's eoa told Major Wllaoa recently that It Uasaeil fired his father, he baa yet four years 01 bi Utae. ofnciai terra aa commissioner, and be would take tbe mat ter to the court, where tt would require auout lour years to aeiermine in salt. Oa the occasion of his father a viall to get lb published statement of his grandmother, Otho's mother, that she wo the Lte of tit hotel, be took all tbe money on band away wua mm next morning, tt. tt. l'orter. a cigar manufacturer, told me ha had been selling clears to Otbo Wilson at Bound Knob. and since your inveeiigation bit son came to Asheville and requested Porter not to charge any more cigars to his rather. Out to him, and be would pay in bill charged already to Otho Wilson In tbe next ten days. The op erator, a young lady, at tbe hotel, has beea employed t.y the railroad at f 13 per month to report tbe arrivals at the meal staiton.and Wilson boarded her, but sinoe inve-thraUon by you she la now required to report train oa arrival and departure. "I saw Otho Wilson baying article In the market, especially chickens, and I under stand that he had them shipped to Bound Knob Hotel 'd. h., over the Southern Ball way, lit also sent 'd. h. mettaoKes over the railroad line to Biltmore. and then Bllt more would telephone the message to the market bouse aeaiers ana they who received tbe message would send what be ordereL after the lease or ooeupauoy of the Bound Knob Hotel by 8. Otho Wilson, I traveled from Asheville to Greensboro in com ran r with a Pullman car conductor, who i think resides at Greensboro, and in the coars of conversation with him we discussed freely tne attitude 01 ur. vtiiaoa in relation to tbe Pound Knob Hotel, and I received from hltn direct information, or strongly implied, that Mr. wuson naa aamiitea to mm mat be was the owner of tbe lease, and by reason of which tbe Southern Ballway Company bad coLtracted or agreed with him to deadhead his supplies over the railroad for tbe hotel. I have seen Mr. Wilson in the Asheville mar ket buying supplies, and beard him aay that he was purchasing supplies ior the iteund Kaob Hotel. The general impression here Lu, among those with whom I have talked about the matter, that Mr. Wilson owns tbe leise." Mr. Wilson has cen buying his meata .rout .iinaierman uo. ine oute tiers would deliver it not at onr city depot at Biltmore early each morning and place It on the outgoing freight 'd. h " and tne con ductor would put It off at the hotel. He never paid any freight c t. "The Bound Knob Hotel gets freight free both by railroad and express; that wben f relents are paid to Old Fort, that goods are taken on the freight trains up four miles to the hotel and stopped at the door, where there Is no depot or agency, iree lor tbe ho tel, but for no others. Freight trains stop there daily for the tot el accommodations only, and not for people living on the moun tain near by. who hive to haul freight from Old Fort. The hotel Is even a nag station for the night vestibule, wbea laige villages on the road are dented tbe privilege. Freight by express has oeen pot off at Old Fort 'there being no billing office at Bound Knob) marked to wuson -aaaneaa, on account 01 railroad commissioner,' and shipped up by freight on next train without cost Several good people living near there who desire this all trains to Old Fort and Marion every day. foraging for chickens and other supplies. free, or without buying tickets, aa other peo ple have to do. a nay nave teiegrapn privi leges also." This mesoge Is transmitted to your honor able bodies in obedience to tne requirement cf the railroad commission law ot 1891, (Signed j Uakiu, ii. BCtesiA, Governor. Our Cuban Budget The new market house at Ouemsdos was burned 1 nday night, Major Bus sell Harrion, propost marshal of the Seventh Army Corps, acted as chief of the fire company. A bucket brigade was formed by a company of the First .North Carolina Regiment, but despite all efforts it was found to be impossible to extinguish the names. The Ameri cans, however, succeeded in saving &1,000 in cash that was in the building and a physical conflict between them and a number of Cubans was narrowly averted, the latter demanding the money and the Americans refusing to give it up to them. Captain Pickey. General Brooke's first aide, has concluded a detailed in quiry into the conditions prevailing at Mataozas and Cardenas, and made his report. He says that the Twelfth New lork and Lighth Massachusetts Regi ments.a signal company and a battalion of the Third Engineers, have aa ex cellent camp at Matanzas; that the commanders are satisfied with the con ditions and the men are in splendid health. General Menocal, Havana's chief of police, has issued an order for the ax test of any one seen cruelly treating any animal, and the order will, be strictly enforced, despite the protests likely to come from coachmen and teamsters. Mrs. Leonard Wood, wife of the military governor of Santiago, ia organizing there a branch of th Soci ety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. A meeting of the Cuban executive committee was held at 1 Carmen, at which many representative persona and generals were present. General Cese des sustained General Gomez in his acitivity in pursuing- hi project of uniting the Cuban and Spanish ele ment in the island. The time had ar rived, he declared, to take definite action regarding the question of the) Cuban army and the island's f ntuaa. Major General Lee, military gover nor of the province) of Havana, has ordered a aeries of practice) naarehee for the men of his command with a view to benefiting the troop, and also in giy ing the people of tbe interior of th island a eight of the United State soldiers and thus bringing to tham s realization ol uva fact 01 the American. military occupation. Twelve sugar estates ia mTa.tiiTt province have resumed operations. Complaint ia made that th waxes of employes is much lea than before the war. Ihe laborers refuse to accept any reduction aemanamg 71 a day ua silver. The largest wrought Iron pfUar Is at Delhi, In India. It la sixty feet high and weighs seventeen tons. . Mill 111.118 IS SOI ThtTcwn ofAp-i Burned md Pli. titior.i Destroyed WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE Meddle; tb Gerer tS trf tut the ease The $atrial f tt tt at fcaaavt- taava leads I aaeriay. Arc la p. X. Z. (Hr Cableb Sa- a4 viom taat re,sl here ? that Chief JaatM Cbeasbere. oa le MaUrIL declared MalMto Taaa t have beesi etecteJ Kiag, la aoaoa of the lata Kiag MolMtoa. lata eh of mum also aaaoaacod that Tamaa i4 Loea !i4 wo Kicg. t hif Mataaf wo diaenahaod. lhroaa. of the United States aaJ Great Untaia aad the certain s of the Gert&aa war ship Falke aad the UrtUeh worship Porpot. met the German eoaaal. who refased te itxwfi tt MolMtoa Tnau. and declined to 00 aiwiu ia the disposal of the Saaoaao, who thereupon assembled la large tiaUri at Molina, armed tbemlves aad sur rounded the u.uatciilitv. Mali to lana and ItaisxN mastered about 2.0O0 mn, well arm I. but saprhed with defective ammaaiiioa. Tb Brit ish and American consuls eadeavorol to avoid hostilities, but tbev com tn eared on January 1. Moheto Taaa and Tamaee fought bravoly. bat M ct their followers were captared. Thea. diabartod and out numberod. th two chiefs aougbt refage en the Brit ish warship aad their followers sought protection aader th guns ot the Tor- pois. Manloaf' loss waa 61 men killed and wounded, and Moll tea lost 12 man killed and wounded. Ibe fol lowers of Mataafe looted and burned Apia, destroyed the plaatatioas aad pillaged considerably in the couatry. The consuls later decided to recognize Mataaf and his chiefs as a provis.Ll government, pending the receipt of instructions irom tne power. Ncwsia Watkiafioa. The situation in the Hamoan Islands is realized in Washington to be full of gravity. For some time past there has been an exchange of correspondence between tbe three goverameat party to tbe treaty of Berlin restectioc tbe choice of a successor to the late King Malietoa and some friction developed owing to tbe strick adherence of the United States government to the terms of tbe treaty. Will Not lecofoiie the House. Charleston. W. Va.. (Special). Ibe political situation here Las as anmed a serious aseci, by reason of the refusal of Governor Atkinson and the nenate, which is Iler ubliran, to formally recognize the lioua. Though the Governor has boon notified that th House is organized and ready for business, he has not transmitted bis message and there is no indication as to wben he will do so. The Senate has persisted in adjourning each day im mediately after convening, and this frustrates the efforts of the House com mittee to apprise it of tbe fact that tbe House is in session. A Republican in the House made the remark that in a few daya there would be a House that theGovercor would recognize. Tends to Anarchy. A special frm Havana ssvs: F.I Diaro do La Marin, La Lucha. VJ Pais and La Discussion, a well as other papers less influential, indulge in editorial criticism of the United States military administration, assert ing that it tends to ana.'cby. They de clare that each provincial governor and each garrison commander is a military dictator, acting indepudntlv of the governor general, and exercising ad ministrative, legislative, judiciaal ;nd even ecclesiastical functions. As a re sult of this system, as those papers re gard it, there ia no uniformity of ac tion in details and no general cade ol administration for the various locali ties. Will Not Leave Before Febrsary . Twenty-seven thousand Spaniards still remain near Cienfnegos. Cuba. and the last of them will not get aboard transports before tbe middle of Feb ruary. Their presence greatly ham pers American projects for cleaning the city. Two Bad Men Disposed Of. A special from Nashville, Tenn.. says George Call and John Shaw, both colored, and who bore a bad reputation in the community, were shot and killed by unknown persons at Lynchburg last night Both bad served terms in the penitentiary for robberry and had been whipped by white caps and run out of town. Both returned. Loch was about 18 years old. The First io Pennsylvania. Habbisbcbo, Pa. (Hroiol). The feeling between the eansiidates, their managers and tbsir followers in the great battle for Caited State Senator, bos been intensified by the rulings of Lieutenant Governor Gobia. at Wed nesday's joint assembly of the Senate and House. 31 r. Gobm refused to en tertain an appeal from his decision excluding a series of rulee regulstisg the procedure of the conference, and de daring the Assembly adjourned when three-fourths of the Senators and mem bers voted otherwise. The great six-story store of A. J. Cammeyer, in New York City, occupy ing the greater part of the block, be tween Nineteenth and Twentieth streets, was almost burned out Wed nesday night Bosfht by The Americas Tobacco Cesrpssy It has beea announced that tho Cat- lia Tobacco Company's plant, at St Ltouis, Mo., has beea sold to the Amr lean xooaoeo company. ins pries paid is said to ba not far from S3, MO, 000. Andrew Carnegie is said to be one of the largest holders of stock ia tbs Pressed Steel Car Ccaapaay. which has just beea organized uader the lavs of New Jersey with capital stock of 129,000,000. It is proposed to maaufao turs railway passsagsr aad freight cars of pressed steel. A Big CossoOdatios ia Chariest. A special from Baltimore says it is reported that the Baltimore Trust aad Guarantee Company is engineering deal looking to the eeaselidatiea ef the Charleston. 8. U. City Bail way Com pany, the Charlestea k Seashore Bail reed Company, the Charleston Gas Company and the Charleston Electric Light Company. The coatem plate the issue of 2,600,000 5 per coat gold century beads for tae retirement of the outetaadiag isdebt- ednees of the companies named, aad the operation of ths eompaatss aader 94 management, STATE SQUIBS. lararTTvrtaJL TV eati-4perv 4 IhM asaarty aireey w thotf f'l I! U Uo4 A oasUy, itsilMt eery aasssay- tga4 rror. Hat tho friaa 4 the Uaraary at etVbe!y rtqtatl iqg th ;4. aad W!ar that Um aa4e e4 ltdi th ! ajaoaisoa I 4eagth aa4 ai.fktt. u.: th ia r.al hJ la votr. U t eaUaaaAtaeaily de4. Tae tuu c4 the hen is a of th difoar fee eight) saoeth. tare JeJy 1, lJ7, or tattrti eei s a - 1 Ihe aot rit hw a U'lal f aoarty fl l.eas, 4 tt as a4v wvttby that. tMgiBaiag with a saeih!y I veil f b4ea 4 l-jo. the hs-are bar t4t!y laevee4 te V l.J a r.ftl fee tho aaeai t I water. The dirasy 4ept UismpbeaUy poiat to thia etkibtl a4 ask if th town a 4 eoaaty re aSed to Io IbeU large ohr4 tht fovea ev I Maoxorra. Ths attoaJaeee at the poal try hw a Bet largo, bat tU asaciatua waa vary te-h gratia ah U (laolii v f the othiUi. The birds were ; Ued ry a at aenat Soatbef a U4 al fear f large I acacol uM(.c. Mr. .1. IL O, of Atheaa. laa. . wa roae4 the show thbet of lis i.o tfrr high e'esa ef eiOiBUt. b,h ever ea r jnJged. AU that e earr t snake tbe Charlott IValtry aad l'ot Mr AimkvIws oae of the Caeet ta the heath la tbe apfrooiatio aad active co-ratton of thee who ieveehteh eoa. Col Robert L. I her a alb y. of the Oia View f'arsa. bl the largeel col- leclioa. 23 birds i all. ewchla. tva leghorns aud ailvar wdii. I h Jumbo of lb anew -Mr. 11 tt Walt' buff rocaias which wi(bJ foaitoea pounds-ta alotoet taeastoaity. t t Aboraaiby aul h had Bvr a a aay chicken that would esir with It lb staadard weight of tboeo ohiek is 12 t-ouada. Mr. UatU vol bos hi cbickea at f IM Wmrr. Th heartag of th evi dence and argumaats bofor Itofotoe Ciemenl Maaly aa to th validity of claitas agaiasl th North Stat lea I revetneat Com i ay ho beea ooaclad d for tLe proeeol. t'ouaa! for various cloioiaale earn to wast is practically au agreuiat to the dieiribattoa of funds deiived from tbe al 4 the Cape Fear aad ladkia Veily Railroad Loads. A great deal of tostiiaoay woe offered bv J. W. Ft lea, receiver of the North Stat Co&ipaay. aad Ir. W. I. C. P- a bow, of iraebore. Tboooart adjouraod to laeet agate at oa date, to b filed by the releroa. II will re port tbe amount do all creditor a. Com - TLs aaaual naliag ef the a SH-k bolder e of the Moore euaaty A Vs;ra Railroad woa Laid bar the other day. 'lb work oa th road for tbe past year showed upas wll as coatd b cid. taking late ooasideratiee tb bad country through which the grading force ha bee a at work. A trad fur th rails to be laid oa the first eight tuiles roceatly graded will oonbetnade. The contract for the completion of therood to tbe I'oo I e river wxuadd a a Ul the let f rte UmUr, though it ia aot thour'.t that it will tak that maoh time. The annual meeting of tbe North Carolina Society for the Irevatioa ef Cruelty to Aatoala, was bold ta Ashe ville. Cai-t. Charles F. Clark, of th Oregon, wa asaoag those who wore present, and took active is tor est ia the proceedings. A prepoe.tioB wa saad to loot apL Clark aa honorary sua ber of tb city, bat th her ef the late o ar declined to be received eieept as au active Member, aad he was eo elected. I! uad brief talk. I os lag hie tUo'oufh sympathy with the work eought to be erootaplut''' by tbe society. Akhk-ville. Ir. Karl voa Hark, proprietor of tbe Winy ah Sasitartata. oa l'ta street has let tbe eoatract for th erection of a aew oaaiiarmsa, tt location being on Hillside street, just outside tbe city's northern lun ita. J he stoae aad wood work will b doae by Rufus liawaoo, th coat bciag aboat $30,000. The contract for the plamb- mg, steam beating sad gas fitting goes to F. M. Ltsdssy for between '.5W snd ft, 009. Work oa the big building will Login in a few days, aad the etruetue ia te be completed la the fall. The directors ef tbe Salisbury Cotto a Mill bsld their regular aaaual meet- is g aad all the pros at officers wsre re-elected. The usual Quarterly div idend of 2 per cost was declared. Coxcoan. Ths annual elecUos of the Dodsoa-Ramaeur Chapter of tbe Daughters of the Confederacy, waa held Friday according to the recent euggeatioa that tt be held oa Gob. Lee'e birthday. Th officer ef the pt rear were re-elected a follows: Mis. loo. P. Alhaon. iridat; Miss Hoe Harris, secretary; Mr. J. IK Araold. bistoriaa; Msoagers, MeedaoseeA. II. Young, John U. Saerrill, U. JL j:r- . a aa im. n a row, J. M. uoeii, li. a. thrown, aaa Misses Mary uodson aad Lara jueMie. Moboajctox. la the course of a trial before Jnst.ee W. II Powe, it was de veloped that there i a gold miaicg eoaapaav orxratiag ta thia coaaty. witn its head efaee la Hyracua. a. 1., tuai is capitalized at f 1,250.0J. A Cur lotte man is said te be the owner of 49.000 shore ef the stock. Th tek certificates are geaaiae werke of art. butdivideads are aot yet ia evidence. DraHAsT. Highway robbers bold ap the driver of a team belonging te May or M- E. McCews, of thu city, aboat a mile thia aids ef ef Chanel II ill. Laaeferd Laae. the colored driver. was relieved ef all the cash he had oa his parses, aaaeaatmg to SL.i He says tnere ware iur oaea. au waiio. but he eeald not reeogaize aay ef them ia the darkaeea. Cblabxottx. A trial alliaaee-a eesfsderstiea of physicians frm North aad South Careliaa aaa Virginia waa aigaed aad sealed recently ta the per maaeat organization ef the Trt-HUte Medical Secuty el the taree states aaaed. The first aaaaal eesaiea was held in ths court house ta tais ettr. The society was called te order by Vi. C. C. IUg later, eaeirmaa ei laeergea- izatien. A large number ei paysi- eiaaa from the three states I r-nt Th Atlaatie Hotel at Mevahead City Ul be sol i Fsbraary te aatiafy a mortgage for flS.00a It was built ia 1981 at a cost 01 ww Joha aad Henry Hall, both aegrsss" wsre hasg la Moatgomory, Ala,, for the murder el Mi. Jamee lioisera near that city, ia August last It is officially deaied ia Berlia that there is aay tesaioa Mtwooa United States aad German naval oOears atav tioaed la the Pacific lathe South Careliaa LeTiltar Taooday. Mr. Bacot'a rewelaUoa te appropriate 9100 lor a memorial sword for Lieatenast ictor R'a,of tbe aavy, was voted do a aad the reooiaitoa wae withdrawn. A geaeral reeelatieei ef thanks te Lieuteaaat Rlae was 1 a x j . 1 - 1 - z.
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