THE DANBURY REPORTER.
VOLUME XXXIII.
Some Acts of the Legislature
AN ACCURATE SUMMARY OF THE MOST IMPOR
TANT THINGS DONE AT THE RECENT SESSION.
Raleigh, March 13.—At the re
cent session of the Legislature a
great many acts and resolutions
were passed that are interesting to
the people of the State and below
will found a summary of the most
important ones :
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
The following are the most im
portant resolutions which were
adopted :
Requesting Congress to vote for
the Appalaohin Forest Reserve
and asking the Governor to go to
Washington in the interest of that
measure.
. Endorsing the second Hague
Peace Conference.
Endorsing the Jamestown Ex
position, appropriating $20,000
more to it and allowing the North
Carolina building to be sold and
the proceeds used by the commis
sion.
Making a SSOO gift to the crui
ser North Carolina.
Urging Congress to improve the
Upper Cape Fear river.
Congress to secure a change in
the constitution so Senators will
be elected by a direct vote of the
people.
A BLOW AT BOOZE.
Bills were passed eliminating
whiskey from the following coun
ties : Burke, Lincoln, Catawba,
McDowell, Madison, Cherokee,
Macon, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Ruth
erford, Northampton, Stanley,
Scotland, Cumberland, and Meck
lenburg.
TO IMPROVE ROADS.
Thirty counties were allowed to
improve their roads and very large
bond issues were allowed to be
voted on for this purpose in the
oounties of Franklin, Buncombe,
Forsyth, Durham, Rowau, Wake
and Granville, ranging from SIOO,-
0 X) to $300,000.
At no session of the Legislature
have charters been granted to s»
many roads. Following is the
list : North Carolina Union;
B'>uthport, Northern & Western;
Raleigh & Winston-Salem; North
ampton & Hertford; Western Car
olina; Bladen & Northern; Rock
ingham & Caswell; Randolph &
Cumberland; Graham county;
Washington & Vandumere; Mtn
tahala, Dover & Southbound;
Suskasoogee, Elkin & Alleghany;
Virginia & Gaston Carolina; Vir
ginia & Carolina Southern, Deer
River & Famous Creek; Alleghany
&, Piedmont Southern; South
weatern & Greensboro; Seaboard
and Great Western; Muttanuskeet;
Kinston & Carolina; Monroe &
Southern; Franklin, Smoky Moun
tain. Bills were also passed al
lowing Buncombe, Henderaon and
Ruthurford counties subscribe
stock for a competing railway be
tween Asheville and Rutherford
ton; to allow the consolidation of
tha A l >erdeen & West End, the
Asheborn & Montgomery and the
Jaokson Springs Railways; to al
low th* conversion of the Wilkes
boro & Jefferson Turnpiko to a
steam or electric railway.
SCHOOLS.
In the way of schools and school
matters, bills passed incorporating
the Stonewall Jackson Training
Sohool or Reformatory; to estab
lish a manual training sohool in
th« mountains ; to establish a
Teachers' Training School in the
East; a school of technicology at
Spray; to allow electiona to be
held in townships or school dis
tricts on the subject of compul
sory education; to require deaf
mutes to attend the State Sohool
at Morganton and to limit the at
tendance to North Carjlina child
ren; to require 16 week attendanoe
eaoh year of children between ages
of 8 and 14 years; to provide a
safe and adequate water supply
for all schools, public and private.
RAILROAD BILLS.
A great deal of attention was
given railway matters and the fol
lowing are the important bills
which passed to fix the maximum
passenger rate at 2 1-4 cents per
mile; to regulate freight rates and
prevent unjust discrimination; to
prevent public drinking in pas
senger cars; to require railways to
keep passeuger cars clean; to al
low conductors and station agents
to arrest drunk, disorderly or bois
terous persons; to allow railways
to construct belt lines at towns; to
require one director an d one in
corporator of all railways to be a
citizen and resident of this State;
to allow tbe corporation commis
sion to require union depots in
towns of 2,000 persons; to require
street railways to provide separate
accommodations for negroes and
whites; to prevent stealing of
goods in transit, and also to pre
vent stealing of braces and other
railway property; to greatly en
large the powers of the corpora
tion commission.
MISCELLANEOUS BILLS.
Other important bills of a mis
cellaneous character are as fol
lows :
To restore dentists to their for
mer dignity as doctors; to allow
judges and magistrates to exclude
all persons except those ooucern
ed in trials for felonious assault.
To extend for two years the
time for settling the State debt.
To promote publio decency by
punishing people for using in
decent signs, writings and pictures
in publio.
To allow the Governor to ap
point special police for water
power transportation and con
struction companies; to provide
for the care of the mentally de
ficient by providing special in
stitutions for them.
To increase the number of State
challenges in all cases less than
capital.
To allow the Governor traveling
expenses.
To extend the crime of vagran
cy so as to include keepers or in
mates of disorderly houses.
To prevent and punish trusts
end combines.
To authorize tbe State board of
health to provide for preveutitive
treatment of tuberculosis by means
of a hospital in Moore county.
To require the penitentiary to
pay its debt bonds of 1(>99, am.
ounting to SIIO,OOO, and to pay
$170,000 of its earnings into the
treasury to go to the general fund.
To require registration of train
ed nurses.
To amend the law regarding re
moval of cloud on title.
To pay half fees officers and
witnesses when no true bill is
found.
To extend time for obtaining
land grants.
To regulate osteopathy and
create State board of examiners.
To protect hotel and boarding
houße keepers.
To prescribe the hours of ser
vice for reilway employes operat
ing trains.
To establish a State board of
equalization for the assessment of
real estate.
To regulate hours of labor of
ohildren in factories.
To amend the landlord tenant
law.
To limit the poll tax to $2 in
cities aud towns.
To provide for the display of
tbe State flag on all court houses,
DANBURY, N. C., MARCH 21, 1907.
schools and other public build
ings.
To place all telephone lines un
der the corporation commission.
To promote the oyster industry.
To create the offioe of fish com
missioner.
To secure immigration in North
Carolina, appropriation SIO,OOO,
half from the State, half from the
agricultural department.
To aecure a statue of Vance to
be placed in Statuary Hall at the
capitol at Washington.
To fix the salaries of State offi
cers and to require fees to be
turned into the State treasury.
To make general election day a
legal holiday.
To make the pension appropria
tion $400,000, an increase of $125,-
000.
There were bills of course,
carrying increased appropriations
for all the State institutions, some
40 in number.
A bill was passed providing for
publio high schools, number in
each county not less than one or
more than four to be prescribed
by State Superintendent of public
instruction.
INSURANCE BILLS.
A great many insurance bills
were introduced, but only a small
percentage of these passed. Those
which did pass as as follows : To
amend the Revisal by allowing
companies having over SIOO,OOO
capital to invest the excess in such
manner as the insurance commis
sioner approves; to regulate the
use of the reserve of life com
panies by allowing it to be used
for re-insurance, to be available
in case of the insolvency of the
company, to define fraternal or
ders; to prohibit the application
of the iron safe clause to building
and fixtures; to prevent the diver
sion of funds in insurance com
panies for political purposes; to
require fire insurance companies
to furnish blank proofs of loss in
case they demand such proof; to
regulate the form of life insurance
contracts by requiring the form
all policies under SSOO to be sub
mitted to and approved by the in
surance commissioner before the
company can issue suoh policies,
this act to be effective Julyl; to
allow the insurance commission to
employ an assistant and account
ant to calculate and check up the
books of the insurance companies;
to impose a goneral penalty for all
provisions of the insurance law for
which no speoial penalty has been
imposed; to provide for the vol
unteer firemen of the State incase
of injury or sickness, due to ser
vice at fires, by levying a tax of
1-2 of 1 per cent upon the prem
iums of fire iusurance companies,
but in order to secure this the
town must comply with the fire
waste law; to declare that the
agent of a life insurance company
is the agent of the company and
not of the policy holder.
FRANCISCO ROUTE 2.
Francisco Route 2, March 15.
Miss Maud Flippin had a broad
smile on her faoe last Sunday as
Mr. ReotorTilley gave her a call.
Mr. Joe Tilley gave Miss Ida
Smith a call Sunday afternoon.
Mr Henry George has been lock
ing sad since Miss Louie France
returned home from her sohool.
Land For Sale In Southeast Mis
souri.
8000 acres timbered land at from
$2.00 to SIO.OO per acre; 2,000
acres of farm land at from $5.00 to
$20.00 per acre. Good climate,
good railroad facilities ; from 8 to
10 months public school each year.
If you want to buy, address
H. F. HUTCHENS,
Ellsinore, Mo.
Mob 7 —3 mo
Mr, J. D. Young, of Danbury
Route 1, was hore Thursday.
REPLY TO REV. P. OLIVER.
Old Confederate Soldier Asks the
Minister a Few Questions.
Mr. Editor :
I notice in the last issue of your
newspaper an article from the
pen of Rev. P. Oliver in regard to
the bill recently introduced in the
General Assembly by Senator
Buxton providing for the appoint
ment of a number of new magis
trates for Stokes county with cer
tain duties, etc., also the law
allowing the taxes derived frem
the railroads to be expended for
publio improvements in certain
townships. Now, Ido not desire
to notice the views of the Rev.
Mr. Oliver expressed with refer
ence to the magistrate bill, as it
was not even reported favorably,
and is therefore a closed incident.
Neither do I care to notice his
comments with reference to the
railroad tax law, further than to
express surprise that our friend,
who is such a loyal (?) Democrat,
did not bestow upon this measure
the ginger of his displeasure when
it was twice introduced and twice
passed at the instigation of Re
publican Representative Petree,
but must withhold his condem
nation until it is resurrected by
Democrats.
But, Mr. Editor, what struck me
so forcibly in the article of Mr.
Oliver was his gratuitous con
fession of Democratic principles.
He was, he says, "born a Demo
crat —rocked in an old fashioned
Demooratio cradle and has all his
life loved what he understood to
be Demooratio principles." If
this be so, Brother Oliver, if you
have been rofeked in an old fashion
ed Democratic cradle, why have
you allowed a Republican flag to
dangle from the oorner post. Tell
us now, honestly, if you haven't
been voting with the Republicans
for the past twenty years, and have
therefore deserted the principles
which according to your own
statement you love. If you, as you
assert, are in love with Democratic
principles, why were you, when
the invader set foot on our sacred
soil, taking our property and driv
ing us into a pinohing poverty
from which we have not even to
this day recovered—why were you
a sympathizer with unionism and
against the rights of our beloved
South. And I ask you if you are
not today anti-Southern, anti-Old
Confederateism, and in sympathy
with every other State and Nation
al policy that is un-Democratio.
And yet you would have the
Stokes Democrats believe that you
have stood by them, when your
neighbors testify that you have
been on the other side.
Really, brother Oliver, don't
you think that the effect of your
divine mission—that of leading
seuls to the Muster—would be
considerably less impaired if you
would leave county politics to
county politicians and preach the
pure gospel.
1861.
The deposits in the Bank of
Stokes County now reach nearly
SOO,OOO. Hardly a day passes but
that some new depositor is not
added to the ledger. Many farm
ers, ladies, widows, boys and girls
are among the Bank's patrons.
HOW TO REMAIN YOUNG.
To continue young in health
and strength, do as Mrs. N. F,
Rowan, McDonough, Ga., did. She
says : "Three bottles of Electric
Bitters oured me of chronic, liver
and stomach trouble, complicated
with such an uuhealthy condition
of the blood that my skin turned
red as flannel. I am now prac
tically 20 years younger than be
fore I took Electric Bitters. I can
now do all my work with ease and
assist in my husband's store."
Guaranteed at all druggists. Price
50c.
Little Girl Burned to Death
HORRIBLE FATE OF THE TWIN-DAUCHTER OF
MR. AND MRS. J. M. TAYLOR, OF STONEVILLE.
Stoneville, March 15.
The heart-rending occurrence
in this place Saturday afternoon
which terminated in the death of
the precious little 4-year-old twin
child of Mr. Jas. M. Taylor, as told
in the following note handed to
us since our return from Intelli
gence, is the saddest affair we have
been called on to record in a long
time :
We were greatly shocked Sat
urday afternoon to hear that little
Vesta, one of the twins of Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Taylor had been badly
burned. The mother had gone out
of the house a few minutes when
little Nesta ran to her in the yard
screaming and in flames.
The mother frantically used ev
ery effort to extinguish the flames,
thereby burning her hands very
severely.
The doctors did all that could
be done to relieve the little suffer
er, but after lingering a few hours
she was released from her suffer
ing, God transplanting the little
flower to His heavenly garden
above. A short while before her
death she said to her father "that
her little twin brother must go to
Sunday School with Marion," re
alizing, though so young,that she
was nearing the Border Land.
Just before breathing her last
she raised her arms, exclaiming,
"I am dying 1"
Our hearts go out in smypathy
to the bereaved family, and we
trust that the father and mother,
brothers and sisters may bow in
humble submission to the will of
Him who doeth all things well.
May God sanctify this affliction
to their good—that they may meet
this dear little one on the Shining
Shore.
Thus a little child shall lead
them.
He shall gather the lambs with
His arms and carry them in His
bosom.
The funeral services were con
ducted at 2 o'clock Monday at the
Methodist church by Rev. A
Gregson in the presence of a very
large congregation. The services
were impressive, and there were
few dry eyes in that vast audience
during the sermon by the good
minister.—Farmer and Co-Opera
tor.
To Plant An Orchard And Operate
Cannery.
Mossrs. J. J. Norman, R. I. Dal
ton and J. A. Ashburn have closed
a deal for a tract of land on the
top of Brown Mountain, in this
county, on which they expect to
plant a large peach orchard aad
operate a cannery.
This property is very desirable
as it is above the frost line and
peaches are never killed in this
section by cold. Mr. Ashburn and
Mr. Wm. Martin have been grow
ing extra fine peaches on this noted
knob for years. The promoters
of the industry expect to raise the
finest peaches in the State.
Messrs. Gid Tuttle, of Walnut
Cove Route 1, and L. B. Boles, of
Germanton Route 1, were hore on
business a short while Thursday.
Mr. J. E. Simmons, of Vade
Meoum, was here a short while
Thursday.
WORKED LIKE A CHARM.
Mr. D. N. Walker, editor of
that spicy journal, the Enterprise,
Louisa, Va., says : "I ran a nail
in my foot last week and at once
applied Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
No inflammation followed; the
salve simply healed the wound."
Heals every sore, burn and skin
disease. Guaranteed at all drug
gists, 250.
THE NEWS OF SMITH.
Miss Lula Stone's School Closes—
Personal Notes.
Smith, March 16.—The weather
is so bad the farmers in this sec
tion'are doing but little work.
The school here taught by Miss
Lula Stone closed Saturday. All
had a nice time. Mr. Percy Mar
tin was at the exhibition and en
joyed himself so well he has been
baok every day since. Percy, what
can be attracting your attention
down that way ?
Messrs. Matt Moore and Percy
Martin gave Miss Maud Payne a
call Sunday evening. Hurrah
boys, the school is only a few days
longer and then she will go baok
to Westfield, where Mr. J, P. will
take the day.
Mr. Lee Tilley calls on Miss G.
right often. Hurrah little ones, I
think you are getting on fine.
Mr. Robt. Morefield gave Miss
Alice a call Sunday. Lookout,
Robert, there's another boy eyeing
your girl.
Mr. Binam Bryant called on
Miss Alpha Sunday.
Miss Rachel Moore left Satur
day for Mt. Airy where she will
spend a few days with her friends
and relatives.
GUESS WHO.
Detter Erom Stokes Man In Colorado.
Rocky Ford, Colo., Route 1.
Mr. Editor :
lam liking my new home in
Colorado 0. K. It is the nicest
country I ever saw. We are hav
ing fine weather since I have been
here. The roads are dry and dusty.
26 degrees is the lowest the ther
mometer has been since I have
been hero. I arrived here on the
10th of February, 1907.
Land is high here and runs
from $75.00 to SIOO.OO per acre.
Our moneyed crop is sugar beets.
People make $75.00 to $125.00
on an acre. I shall put in about
32 acres in sugar beets this year.
People are plowing right along
now, the land is not frozen at all.
I have seen the nicest apple
orchards in this county I ever
saw.
If a man works here I don't see
why he should not make money.
Wages are good, $30.00 to $35.00
per month, and nice dry weather
to work in. The thermometer
stands from 26 to 70 degrees and
most days stands at 50 to 70. Pretty
weather for work. Corn here is
worth 85 cents per hundred lbs.,
hay good at SB.OO per ton ; good
Hour $2.15 per hundred. I live
2£ miles west of Rocky Ford. I
have bought 34| acres of land,
well improved at SB,OOO. I have
met with several of Stokes county
people since I have been here.
JNO. R. LACKEY.
A Girl's Essay On Boys.
Boys are men that have not got
as big as their papas, and girla are
women that will be ladies by-and
! I>y. Man was made before woman.
When God looked at Adam He
said to Himself : "Well, I think
I can do better if I try again."
And He made Eve. God liked Eve
so much better than Adam that
their has been more women than
men.
Boys are trouble. They wear
out everything but soap. If had
my way half the world would be
girls and the rest dolls. My papa
is so nice that I think he must
have been a little girl whefl he was
a little boy.
Man was made, and on the
seventh day he rested. Woman
was then made, and she has never
rested since.
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