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Established 1899
SYNOD TO MEET IN
: HICKORY NEXT YE AR
Presbyterian Synod of Noth Caro
: Una in Session at Greensboro Last
Week Chooses This City as Next
Meeting Place.
Greensboro, Oct. 10.—The one
hundredth annual session of the
Presbyterian Synod of North
Carolina adjourned ; this after
noon after a four-days session,
one of the best and most pro
gressive in its history. The next
meeting will be with k the Presby
terian Church at £lickory Oc
tober, 1914. Gastonia and Red
Springs also asked for the next
session, but Hickory easily won
over both competitors.
Many things have combined to
make the session of the Synod
which closed tonight memorable.
Chief among these was the ob
servance'of the centennial of the
organization at historic old Ala
mance Church,
No other session has had such
splendid reports of progress and
increase in giving. Nearly 2,0G0
members have been addea to
Churches in the missionary work
and there have been more than
3,000 conversions. The increase
in gifts to missions has befn
tremenduous. More than $30,000
increase in contributions to
foreign missions and more than
$50,000 increase for heme mis
sions is reported, with nearly a
$50,000 increase in amount for
Church extension. In addition
to this the amount of $57,000 was
raised by Rev. R. Murphy Wil
liams for the Barium Springs
Orphanage. .
The selections by ths Synod
quartet, composed of Messrs. J.
G. Garth, L. R. Yandle, W. M.
Waish and J, E. Berryhill, have
been thoroughly enjoyed by the
audiences. All were gifted sing
ers.
Trial of Tom Watson to Begin Next
Week.
Augusta, Ga., Oct. 12. —Thom-
as E. Watson, editor, author and
nominee of the People's party
for the presidency of the United
States in 1904 will be tried
in the United States District
court here during the week be
ginning October 20 on' a charge
of sending obscene matter
through the mails.
The charges against Watson
resulted from the publication of
articles in two of his magazines
denouncing the Roman Catholic
church. In one of these articles
he referred to the church beliefs
as "the most profligate of pagan
religion." -The articles were
published irf Watson's tJefferson
ian of the July 1911 issue, and in
Watson's Magazine of the issues
of April and May, 1912. Their
caption was "The Roman Cath-J
olic Hierarchy; the Deadest Men
ace to Our Liberties ana Our
Civilization."
Rushes Back to Capital.
Knoxville, Tenn.,. Oct. 12,-f,
Declaring that developments in
tHe Mexican situation demanded
his immediate presence at Washr
ington, Secretary Bryan here td
deliver an address; left hurried-i
ly for the Capitol today. The
Secretary would not elaborate
upon the cause of his unexpected
departure.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan had in
tended to leave tonight for East
Radford, Va., and spend Monday
as guests of ex-Governor Tyler
there.' .
Editor Calls for Help.
My friend, help the editor in
his wild-eyed search for news.
When your friends come to see
you, if you are not ashamed of it
tell him; when your wife gives 9
tea party, if you have recovered
from the effects of the gossip,
drop in with the news; when a
new baby arrives, fill your pock
ets with cigars and call; if you
go to a party, steal some of the
good things and leave them at
our sanctum—Barnell (Mo.) Sen
tinei.
Avoid Sedative Cough Medi-
cines.
If you want to contribute disectly to
occurrence of' capillary bronchitis
*od pneumonia use cough medicines
that contain codine, morphine, fceroin
other sedatives when you have a
cough or cold. An expectoront like
Chamberlain's Cough remedy is what
is needed. That cleans out the cul
ture beds or breeding places for the
of pneumonia and other germ
diseases. That is why pneumonia
n evf r results frqm a cold when Cham
berla.n's Cough Remedy is used. It
has a world wide refutation for its
cores. It contains no morphine or
thoer sedative. For sale by Grimes
Co, Si Moser & Lutz. adv.
THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
| k A Dangerous Practice.
. ,f^. e was in the tjgjehabit of
walking home nights. -along the' 1
railroad tracks", saysa news
paper account of - the death of a
minister of the gospeF" wha was
recently kihed by a freight train'
near a Georgia city. 4 college!
graduate, a man far a&ove the
average in intelligence," and a
useful citizen, yet this man by
his daily habits, formed probably i
because the railroad trafck offer
ed smoother walking than the
public road, did nothing less than
invite the fate which finally
overtook him.
Commenting on this danger
ous practice the Atlanta Journal
says editorially:— .
"The loss of fourteen lives in
a w reck would loom forth as >
national, horror; yet statistics
shpw that there. is. an average jf
fourteen deaths every aay caus
ed by the dangerous custom of
walking on railroad, tracks or
otherwise trespassing bn such
property. It is estimated, in
deed, that in this manner occur
more than half the fatalities in
cident to railroads in the United
States; and the majority of the
persons thus killed are not
tramps but children and valued
cit.zens.
"The time has come when the
public should take serious note
of this record with its grim
warning to all who are accustom
ed to use railroad tracks as a
common highway. The trans
portation companies are exerting
themselves to end this peril and
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission has spoken to the same
purpose. After all, however, it
is upon the individual that *e
sponsibility must rest; it is pon
ular sentiment and popular judg
ment that must correct this evil.
Five thousand lives a year is a
terrible sacniice to carelessness.
It can be reduced and prevented
only through individuar recogni
tion of the great risk in walking
on a railroad track.
"This matter should now be of
peculiar concern to the South
where railway traffic is fast in
creasing. In Georgia and neigh
bor states many more'tf&insffcre
in operation today than: ten or
even five years ago ana tneir
number is continually multiply
ing. The danger to pedestrians
who venture on the tracks is ac
cordingly more and more serious.
It is far better to stick to the
muddiest highway or the;rough
est woodland path than to tafe
the deadly chance of following a
railroad track simply because the
latter affords easier walking.
"Much emphasis is nowrJaid on
the need of greater caution in
the traffic of crowded cities but
it is scarcely less important.to
remember that in rural districts
and in the open country Ithere
lies-a constant jeopardy ;of life
to Everyone who walks on;a rail
road track." V.- •"
Bonds Sold.
The last half of the- Hickory
Township road bonds were soli,
tit tfie County Commissioners
meeting in Newton laßt Week to
a Toledo, Ohio, firm. These bondt>
bear six per cent interest and
run fer twenty years. The Ca
tawba County News says that no
bids were received for the New
ton Township bonds which art
thirty-year bonds and bear five
per cent interest.
Womeo Who Get Dizzy
Every woman who -is troubled with
fainting and dizzy spells, backache,
headache, weakness, debility, const)
pation or kidney troubles should use
Electric Bitters. They give relief when
nothing else will, improve the health
adding strength and vigor from the first
dose, Mrs. Laura Gaines, .of Avoca.
La., says: ''Four doctors had given me
up aDd my children and all my friends
were looking for me to dip, when my.
son insisted that I use Electric Bitters.
I did so, and they have done me a
world of good." Just try them. 50c
and SI.OO at all druggists or by mail.
H. E. Bucklen& Co. Philadelphia or
St. Louis, adv.
Hour of Meeting Changed.
We are requested to state that
hereafter the city council will
hold their regular meeting begin
ning at 7 o'clock, p. m., instead
of a o'clock as formerly.
A Gentle and Effective Laxa
tive.
. - A mild, gentle and effective laxative
is what people demand when suffering
from constipation. Thousands swear
by Dr New Life Pills. Hugh
Tallman, of San Antonio, Tex., writes:
"Tbejr are, beyond question, the best
pills my wife and I have ever taken.
They never cause pain. Price 25c.
at druggists, or by mail, H. E. Buck
len & Co. Philadelphia or St. Louis.
adv
HICKORY, N. C. t THURSDAY. OCTOBER 16. 1913
LENOIR WOMAN
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Mrs. Chloe Crump attempted
suicide at her home in Lenoir
last week by firing a pistol tall
info her right temple. Fortunate
ly for her the pistol was pointed
in a slanting direction and the
ball ranged around the biain, A
physician was called and at
tended to her wound but she is in
a precarious condition.
The attempted suicide was
without warning to members of
the family and several causes
have been assigned for her des
perate act at self-destruction.
She has been married twice, and
besides the elopement of her first
husband, who is now living in
the West somewhere, she has
been havir.g trouble lately with
her second* husband. Sometime
ago, he left her, ostensibly to
find work and then he was to
send for her; but he so far has
failed to send for her, and he al
so carried their only child along
with him. All these things are
said to have preyed on her mind,
and tnese in conjunction with
the brooding over the separation
from her child, are assigned as
the cause for her attempted self
destruction. At times she is
rational, and she expresses a de
sire to die because of her trou
bles:
Mrs. Crump has for some time
been living with her son, Hay
wood Jenkins, and she has al
ways borne a splendid reputa
tion, but has been unfortunate
in her marriages.
At the Reformed Church Next Sun
day.
At the morning service a class
from the Orphanage at Crescent
will be present and the service
will be under the direction of
Mrs. Bell. Remember this ser
vice will begin at 10:30 instead
of 11, tne usual hour,
At night the pastor will preach
upon the subject, "What I Be
lieve." He nas received a letter
asking him the following ques
tions:
I=^—Do you believe in the doc
trine oMhe fall? (b)—Do you
believe in substitutionary Atone
ment? (c) —Do you believe in
the doctrine of eternal punish
ment? (d) —Do you bei£ve in
the plenary inspiration of the
Scriptures?
Tnese questions will be an
swered in the sermon next Sun
day night.
Preferred Death to Roads.
Succumbing to the ravages of
concentrated lye, drunk three
month ago because he preferred
death to serving a sentence, on
the roads of Roheson County,
JeSse Hayes died in the peniten
tiary last week. He was brought
to«the State prison September 1?,
after it was evident that he
would not recover pufficiently to
be:-of any service as a road pris
oner in Robeson County.
Paint Now.
If your property needs itjdon'tc
wait.
There are two parts of a job:
the paint and the work; the work
is more than the paint; and it
never comes-down.
The cost of paint is about two
jifths; the work three-fifths.
Paint won't come-down in a
hurry; too-many jobs put-off.
Men are waiting for 62 or $3;
they don't know it; they think
they are waiting for S2O or $25.
Why don't men use theirheads?
DEVOE
F. B. Ingold, sells it. adv.
An A. B. C. Curiosity.
The ' following paragraph is
made up of twenty-six words,
each beginning with a different
letter of the alphabet:
A boy certainly does enjoy fun
greatly. He incites joy, keeps
laughing, makes noise or plays
quite riotously, seeming to un
ceasingly vibrate with xcessive
youthful zest.
The Family Cough Medicine
In every home there should be a
bottle of Dr King's New Discovery,
ready for intermediate use when any
member of the familv contracts a cold
or a cough. Prompt use will stop the
spread of sickness. S. A. Stid, of
Mason, Mich., writes: "My whole fam-
I ily depends upon Dr. King's New Dis-
I covery as the best cough and cold
! medicine in the world, iwo 50c. bot
ties cured me of pLeumonia " Thou
' sands of other families have been
1 equally benefited and depend entirely
! upon Dr. King's New Discovery to
' cure their coughs, colds, thioat and
lung troubles. Every dose helps.
Price, 5 Uc and SI.OO.
H. E Bucklen & Co. Philadelphia or
St. Louis. tdv.
[A NOVEL HOME-COMING ENTER
TAINMENT.
Mrs. Robinson's Boys Furnish a Re
ception in Honor of the "Coming
Back" of Thdr Highly Esteemed
and Honored "Mother".
It is no secret to the people of
Hickory that the young men who
have long made their home with
Mrs. John W. Robinson, look
upon her in the light of "Mother"
more than as merely performing
the function of furnishing them
with rooms and board. It is Mrs.
Robinson's custom every year to
take a vacation during the month
of September, the boys remain
ing in their rooms, but taking
their meals elsewhere. It is not
at all neoessary to state that the
termination this vacation ;s N
anxiously watted on by them.
I Mrf, Robinson ended her va
! cation this year by a trip to the
Knoxville Exposition, where she
was royally welcomed and enter
tained by Mr. Reynolds, one of
her old old "boys". Upon learn
ing of her return, the boys here
got busy and prepared an enter
tainment and home-coming for
her at her own home. Realizing
the necessity of having some
help in the preparation of the
dinner, they called to their
assistance Mrs. M. M. Thompson
and Miss Marjorie Whitener, the
former to act as mistress of cere
monies and the latter as assis
tant.
Upon the arrival of No. 12 on
Wednesday an automobile was
waiting at the depot, and Mrs.
Robinson was ceremoniously es
corted to the car and taken to
her home, where she received
such a welcome that certainly
made her feel that she occupied
a warm place in the hearts of
her "boys". In preparing the
menue there was no limit to the
selection of food, and the good
lady was so overwhelmed with
attentions that in her efforts to
show her appreciation of the
feast, it was feared that Dr.
"Jake" would have to be called
in shortly after the last course.
Following the dinner, Mrs.
Robinson on her part became
the hostess and entertained her
company by telling her expe
riences while away, and those
who know her can appreciate
how well that would be done, as
she is not only a close observer
but a good conversationalist.
Following this instrumental and
vocal music was enjoyed, and the
event closed with mutual good
wishes and fellowship. Those
present were: Mesdames Jno.
Robinson, and M. M. Thompson,
Misses Mar jorie Whitener, Nancy
Robinson, and Messrs. J. H.
Southworth, W. I. Caldwell, C.
E. Abernethy. C. W. Cloninger,
Marvin Sherrill, and W. H.
Robertson.
THE SCHOOL A
SOCIAL CENTER
Every school house in Catawba
Cdunty should be a social center for
th& district in which it is located. It
should be the gathering place for the
social, intellectual and industrial life of
wftole community.
\ • *
Here should be held Lecture Cour
ses, Literary and Agricultural Society
Farmers' Institutes and en
.lainments of various sorts.
Why should a school house be idle
a large part of the year when they
could be used by the community to
such great advantage?
Let the school house be a rallying
place for the Farmers' Union, Wo
men's Clubs, Domestic Science Clubs,
Boys' Corn Clubs, Girls' Tomato
Clubs, the Debating Societies —in
fact, for all organizations that have for
their object, the social uplift of the
community.
Why not have a meeting at every
school house this winter and discuss
subjects such as Local Tax, Non-Tax
Districts, Marketing Farm Products.
Co-operation, Better Farming, Better
Health, Better Roads, Better Schools,
Better Churches, the New Amend
ments to the Constitution, (to be vo
t:d on)—in fact, any question of pub
lic interest to the farmer?
Use local talent, call on your Coun
ty Superintendent, County Commis
sioner of Agriculture, Local School
Teacher, School Committeman, the
Local Preacher, North Carolina De
partment of Agriculture, A. & M.
College, State University and others.
W. J. SHUFORD.
Chronic Dyspepsia.
The following unsolicited testimon
ial should certainly be sufficient to
give hope and courage to persons af
flicted with chrcnic dyspepsia: "I
have been a chronic dyspeptic for years,
and of all the medicine I have taken,
Chamberlain's Tablets have- done me
more good than anything else," says
W. G. Mattison, No. 7 Sherman St.,
Hornellsville, N. Y. For sale by
Grime* Drug Co. and Moser & Lutz,
adv.
A BATCH OF NEWS
FROM OVER TIE RIVER
Granite Falls,* Oct, 15.—Mr.
Pink Kirby was right serio isly
hurt a few days ago by being run
over with a loaded wagon. He
was Jiauling corn and had gotten
off .to |ix a bridge near his_home
when the light from an approach
ing automobile flashed on -his
mules and frightened tOem. They
started to run and Mr. Kirby be
came entangled in the lines and
fe&ender the wheels which- re
sulted in several broken ribs and
other bruises. He is resting v«#ry
well at present and has hopes of
recoverv.
Mr. Hoke Lutz, who is very
tow with typhoid fever, is some
better at this writing.
Mr. H. V, Russell has moved
into his new home just north of
town. V »
Miss Anna Loyd, of Lincoln
ton, visited relatives in town ia»t
week.
Rev, Mr.' Fink is assisting Ihe
pastor here in a revival meeting
at the Methodist church.
School was temporally clo. ed
last week on account of supposed
diptheria, but the situation is 7»ot
as bad as it was first thoug it.
In fact, only one or two cases
have developed since then and
they are just ordinary tonsilitis
or sore throat and the outlook is
now favorable for sch >ol to re
open the 20th, there being no
cause for any alarm ui less tht re
should be cases of a m )re violent
form.
Mr. W. E. Starnes went to
Charlotte last week on business.
Mr. Charley Starnes, who fris
been working for an elevator
company in Virginia, returned
last week. * N
Good roads are the order of the
day. Some of our gocd citizens
are not in favor of tliem. T.je
election is ordered for December
2nd, 1913, and of course it Will
win.
Briefs From Highland.
Highland. Oct 15.—The grad
ed school here has been going ch
for the past two weeks with a
large attendance.
Mr. W. S. Robinson has mov€a
into the property commonly
known as the Shell property.
Mr. Chas. Hamilton, one of the
cotton mill hands fell from a
buggy last Monday, Oct. 6, and
sustained serious injury aboit
the head. The buggy was torn
to pieces.
The Misses Houke have moved
into their residence here*
they recently purchased from
Mr. Fry.
Messrs. Carroll and Lafayette
Miller are at home again.
Mr. Robey Cloer is building a
nice cottage on his lot which ha
recently purchased fiorn Mr. C,
L. Echard. Several men from
Morganton are doing the work..
Mrs. Raymond Hunt and child*
ren have returned'from Hunters
ville where she attended the fur -
eral of her father, Mr. C, F.
Whitlow.
Mr. Champ Hyder is at work
again after a week's sickness.
Negro Man and His Wife in a Cot
ton-Picking Match.
Here's a cotton-picking recqjd
that will be hard to b-iat Oi 2
day last week Pines Bennett ,
colored, who lives on R J. Be
verly's place in Gulled*: e Town
ship, "took a notion" he could
pick more cotton in a clay tha 1
his wife could pick. So they
"raced" and the result was 427
for Pines and 447 for his wife.
The wife, in addition cared for
her three months-old baby and
cooked two meals during thi
day. Pines is a good farmer and
expects to make 11 bales of cot
ton and 100 bushels of corn with
the assistance of that industrious
wife and one mule.—Wadesboro
Ansonian.
Anthony-Weaver.
Married in Burke county, on
last Sunday evening at the resi
dence of H. A. Adams, Mr. Claud
Anthony of Morganton to Miß3
Alma E. Weaver, of Long View.
H. A. Adams was the officiating
magistrate. The marriage was
attended by friends and relati
ves.
A Marvelous Escape.
"My little boy had a marvelous es
cape," writes P. F, Bastiams of Prince
Albert. Cape of Good Hope. "It oc
curred in *he middle of the night. He
got a very severe attack of croup. As
luck would have it, I had a large bot
tle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in
the house. After following the direc
tions for an hour and twenty minutes
he was through all danger." Sold by
Grimes Drug Co. and Moser & Lutz.
adv.
Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905 v
Cause tor Worry.
The New York Tribune tells of
a quaint old negro who
up to the window of the ticktt
office and hurriedly demanded a
ticket for Pig Foot Junction.
"Pleasure trip, uncle?'' asked
the agent, pleasantly.
"No, suh; my nephew's ve'y
low, suh. Hope de train wont
be long coming."
"About 10 minutes, uncle,"
the clerk reassured him.
The old man went to the plat
form and studied the bulletin
board seriously. "Did you say
my train would be 'long in 10
minutes, suh?" he asked, anxi
ously.
"Yes, uncle,"
"I jest axed you, suh, 'cause I
ain't got rtiy rabbit foot 'bout me
and dat dere board says. 'All
trains on flme 'cept one,' and I
Was jest figurin' dat dat one
would be mine," -
"Att the trains are on time.
Some one's tampered with the
bulletin board!" declared the
clerk, excitedly, and rushed to
the platform.
He stared for a moment at the
board, then at the old negro.
Slowly his face relaxed into a
broad grin. The bulletin read:
"All trains on time.—Sept. I."
Philadelphia Wins.
Last week the Philadelphia
Americans easily won the base
ball championship of the world
by winning four out of five games
played with the New York Giants
of the, National league. Much
local interest was taken in the
series. Telegraphic returns from
each game were received at
Moser & Lutz's drug store each
afternoon, and that place was
the center of interest for a great
many of our sport loving citizens.
♦ ♦ + + + + , i , 4 , + + + 4 , + + , 1 , 4 ,, i»4»«1 , +
♦ +
+ LOCAL AND PERSONAL. +
*•*++++++**+ + + + + * + + * +
Mr. J. F. Dellinger is a busi
ness visitor to Concord this week.
Mrs. J. B. Gibbs and baby
visited her aunt at Catawl a
station last wsek.
Mrs. Mayo has returned hone
after a visit to her daughters, in
Knoxville, Tenn,, and Ashevilie.
Mr. C, M. Glenn has returned
to his home in Gaston county,
after a visit to his sister, Mrs. D,
L. Russell.
The many friends of Mrs. J.
G. Hall, of Lenoir will be pleas
ed to know she is visiting her
son, Mr. W. A. Hall.
Mrs. F. E. Martin has return
ed to her home in Lynchburg,
Va., after a visit to her fathe r ,
Mr. J. K. Fisher.
Esq. S. E. Killian went to
Blowing Rock Monday to gather
some of his fine apples. He will
return Friday and will have some
for sale.
Mr. and Mrs.- K. C. Menzies,
and Mrs, H. C.Menzies are visit
ing in Philadelphia, Newlfork,
Washington," Baltimore and oth
er northern cities.
Mr. Roland Wagner was car
ried to Dr; Long's sanitorium at
Statesville Friday for an opera
tion for appendicitis. The opera
tion was a success and he is re
ported as doing well.
Miss Gertrude Hall of Lenoir;
visited her brother, Mr. W. A*
Hall Saturday. She was accom
panied home by Miss Virginia
Hall, who spent the week-end in
Lenoir. . - ' ,
- They had right much fun at
Lenoir College one night this
week, as some of the Sophs.,
went out on the campus, and be
gan to yell, the Freshmen think
ing trf course they had put up
the flag; began a search for it,
which lasted nearly all night. In
the meantime the jolly Sophs.,
quietly retired to their rooms, to
enjoy the fun,
.Do Your Part.
I will do my part toward making life
pleasant in the office.
Be agreeable. Let your personality
count for pleasantness in the office.
Don't forget that you spend at least
half your waking hours in your busi
ness surroundings, and it is worih
while to do your part to keep the moral
atmosphere pure and sweet and clean
and charged with kindly feeling.
It is no excuse to say that the head
of the office is so disagreeable that no
body has the heart to be pleasant.
Don't feel that because you are only an
under clerk you have nothing to do
with the office storms and sunshine.
If you are really taking these texts
to heart, you have already discovered
that the kind of work Y-O-U are doing
has much to do with your employer's
state of mind —Philadelphia Record.
For Weakness and Loss of Appetite
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria and builda up the system. A true tonio
•ad lure Aigwtizer, For adults and children. He,
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
ADJOURNS SUE DIE
Prohibits Slaughter of Calves For
Veal and Applies to Many Coun
ties.—lmportant Acts Passed
Raleigh, Oct. 13. —The gavels
of President Daughtridge of tha
senate and Speaker Murphy of
the house fell simultaneously at
8:28 o'clock tonight, as the voice*
of these two presiding officers
rang out through legislative halli
and the corridors of the state
house declaring the 1913 extra
ordinary session of the North
Carolina General Assembly ad
journed sine die.
The senate finally adjusted the
ever present Caldwell calf biil»
prohibiting the sale or shipment
of calves, dead or alive, under
one year old, to slaughter for
veal. As finally ratified the act
applies to Caldwell, Alamance,
Alexander, Ashe, Burke,
Cabarrus, Cherokee, Clay, Cleve
land, Durham, Franklin, Gas
ton, Graham, Guilford, Hender
son, Hoke, Lee, Lincoln, Madi
son, McDowell, Mitchell, Robe
son, Rowan, Rutherford, Moore,
Sampson, Wake, Warren, Wil
son and Lenoir.
IMPORTANT MEASURES PASSED.
The extraordinary session of
the legislature just adjourned,
that was called for the specifie
purpose of taking action for the
settlement of freight rates and
passing upon constitutional
amendment proposal?, to be sub
mitted to the people for ratifica
tion at the next general election,
passed 497 acts and 19 resolu
tions, the great bulk of them
bearing on the veriest local mat
ters in every section of the state.
The principal acts of really
statewide interest are the reso
lutions accepting the proposal of
the interstate carriers for settle
ment of the interstate freight
rates, more particularly from the
west and out going to the west
and east; the passage of the bill
to reduce intrastate freight rates
and provide for special commis
sions to investigate allegations
of any railroad companies
that the rates prescribed are con
fiscatory; providing for a rate ex
pert and additional clerical force
for the corporation commission;
the act carrying the constitution?
al amendment proposals to be sub
mitted to the people? an act to
work convicts on public roads
instead of on railroads for stock
in roads built after present con
tracts with railroad companies
are completed; provision for the
completion and opening of the
state school for feeble minded at
Kinston and supplementary ap
propriation for a number of state
institutions.
MUCH LEVITY OVER CALF BILL.
Much time at the afternoon
session of the senate was devot
ed to considering a resolution
from the house for a special com
mission of three to revise the
court procedure in this state, the
resolution finally going to the
table. Senator Bryant opposed
it because it did not include re
vision of the rules of the Su
preme court which he declared
were fast tending to deprive
Door people of the right of ap
peal through exacting rules as to
printing and filing them.
The senate finally disposed of
the wrangle over the site for the
state school for the blind by
providing that the state treasurer
shall pay the $4,600 balance due
for the new site out of proceeds
from the sale of 35 acres of land
and retain the remainder in the
treasury, and that a special com
mission from the legislature
shall investigate as to proposals
from other cities to induce the
removal of the school for the
blind from Raleigh.
The bil for the prevention of
the killing or shipping of calves
in Caldwell county and a number
of other counties that had been
added by amendment was a bone
cf contention for a long time.
There was much levity injected
during the discussion of this bill.
Senator Peterson made a motion
that was ruled out of order by
President Daughtridge that the
bill be amended to also prohibit
the 4 'exposure of calves". -
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