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V i TV W 4s VOL. VII. ' I LEXINGTON AND THOMASVILLEl N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1897. NO. 21. i 17 WITH THt LAW MAKERS Bills General, Local, But All of Some Importance.' NO CIGARETTES TO MINORS. III! I to' Incorporate Kllzabeth College !4Ked To Prevent Discrimination in .fury Lists.':. , SENATE. 1 Monday, Senate met at 4 o'clock, p. fn. Among the bills were: Kollins To protect motormen and Mreet ear conductors. ! Justice To authorize Rutherford to work convicts on public roads. Newsom ,Xo increase re venae and' to regulate insurance ; , At the night session the bill appro priating $34,500 for the relief of the Deaf. ' Dumb and Blind Institute at Jtaleighj for a ncwbuilding was passed. The bill to-pay judges of elections $3 per day and 10 ct. per mile for carry ing returns was adopted. The follow ing substitute to this bill was adopted: "',hat county commissioners of differ ent counties be authorized and em powered to pay judges of election, reg istrars and messengers so touch per tbnm and mileage as they may think Proper and just.'' TuKspAY.-VHenate was called to order at, 11 o'clock. Among the petitions, bills and resolutions were: i Alexander A petition for the estab lishment of a normal school at Char lotte for the colored race; a petition that the appropriation to the firemen's association of $2,500 be continued! Justice A petition from citizens of Hcndersonville in favor of prohibi tion,, ; Verson A bill to incorporate , the auxiliary board of health; also to es tablish a board of steam locomotive and Imiler inspection for each county of the btate. Bills were disposed of as follows: To incorporate tho Pigford Sanitarium for the treatment of consumptive ne- groes parsed second and third reading. The bill to . establish a reform school for the white and colored youthful criminals of the State, to ; be located in the city that will make the best offer of money lands, etc., was made a special' order for "Wednesday.. At the ' night session there were sev eral local bills disposed of. ! The Senate's special order, the bilt to reduce passenger and freight rates, failed to pass by a vote of 24. to 23. ' AV'kknespay Senate metat 11 o'clock. The bill to take the government of the penitentiary out of the hands of the present directors came over from the House and by a' vote of 29 to 16 it was veferrcT to the committee on penal in stitutions. Among the bills were: Justice A bill to amend the charter of the town of Forest City, in Ruther- ford county. Person A bill to prevent cohabita tion between, the races. ! Anderson To change thejline be tween Buncombe and Henderson coun ties. ; ' ' ' Khoro To incorporate Boonville High School, Yadkin county. Alexander To incorporate Elizabeth .College; - also to give the city of Char lotte further ppwer in the collection of taxes, where a party is believed not to have made an honest return. f Shaw A bill tq abolish the circuit criminal court of Robeson county. The bill favoring n reformatory for youthful, criminals passed a second reading. Tho vote stood 41 to 8. Several other bills passed of more or less importance to tho general public. At the night session among the bills uisposea ot was a mil to provide lor a dispensary at Louisburg. TuriisPAV. Senate metat 11 o'clock, - Among the many new measures intio duced, were: '-... A petition asking that provisions be made for the treatment of indigent ine briates; also a petition! from citizens of t ' . l J i - ii. i : i 1 i vnt'tfiiMjuro asKing xnai ranroaus ne re milieu to carry bicycles as baggage; ianuoiph i or the relief of consump : tivls at Southern Pines; Rollins To provide for the representation of North Carolina and the citizens thereof at the iasuviiie exposition. Ihis bill pro vides for the appointment of a board of niatiagers composed of nine members, includingMhe Governor and the Board of Agriculture. It also provides $10, O00; Justice To amend the charter of tho Commercial Bank of Rutherford county; (ieddie To amend section 4, chapter 15, laws of 1895, in relation to voting on stock law. Bills disused of: The law requir ing' certain notice before a prohibitory liquor law can be passed was repealed; to establish a reform for young crimi nals in the State, vote, 86 t 10; to in corporate the town of Louisburg; for the establishment of graded schools in High Point. Senators Grant, Whedbee, McCarthy, McCasky, utler, Alexander and Abell were appointed a committee by the Sen ate to investigate the memorial of the president and directors of the North Caroliua railroad ralative to the lease of said railroad to the Southern Rail way. xkiday. Senate met at 10 o'clock: Among the bills were: Grant bill to 'amend the election law of North Caro lina: to regulate the challenge of jurors; Maultsby bill to revise chapter 31, section 131, private laws of 1891; also to regulate the ( sale of liquors in Columbus-count v; also to amend' chapter 27, private laws of 1891; Parker, of Alamajice bill for the protection of -newspaper for the publication of news ' 1 -it mi m in good laitn. v Hills passed: To establish a dispen sary for the town of Goldsboro and Wayne county; to incorporate the Peo- a benevolent Association; to in crease revenues and to regulate insur ancethis is the bill which requires all fire insurance companies to make con tracts through their commissioned ageuts in. this State; to restore to the control of the State the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad. This bill givesTthe Governor power to appoint president and a majority of the directors ; to amend chapter 152, laws of 1893. I his is to place ' all railroads on an equal footing with those chartered prior to 18(58; to extend the time to commute, compromise and settle the State debt Re-committed to the judiciary commit- tc, iu wiena me time i or the organ l zatidn of the Bank of AfaTtm- vide for a school building for the deaf and dumb. This bill carries an appro priation of $20000 to provide for and promote the oyster industry in North Carolina. , i . ' The bill to prescribe th terms upon which foreign railroad companies shall be allowed torioperate railrpads and transact business in the State, was re ferred to the special North Carolina Railroad committee. JThis is the famous "lease bill. " Friday, Feb. 26th, is the day appointed for the special order. The bill to add Nash and Wilson counties to the Circuit! Criminal Court was passed. j At the night session the following were among the bills that passed: To amend the act of 1895. relating to the time of holding courts; commissioners can call extra terms. j Saturday. Senate Wet, at 10 o'clock. Among the resolutions, introduced were one by Barker, a petition from prison ers, asking that the laws concerning pardons be changed, j Thero were a good many bills introduced, and among .them a tjifl to amend section 43 of The Code'asTolIoM B: "In all cases in which any bill, draft, note or j bond shall fall due, or. the three days of grace expire on any legal holiday: or Sunday, the juime shall be due, or the three days of grace expire on the day following such legal holiday or Sunday."- I Bills passed: In relation to the elec toral colleges; to amend section 1973, of The Code, in relation to Sunday trains; to allow express matter to be trans ported on Sunday, passed second and third readings; to incorporate Eliza beth College Company, for the educa tion of white females, to be situated in Charlotte, : passed second and third readings; to prescribe the liabilities of roads in certain cases. This is the "fellow-servant bill. " Every Senator was in favor of the bill and! without any - re marks the bill unanimously passed its second and third readings and now be comes a law. Among! the above bills were a large batch to allow counties )to levy special tax, etc. By leave bills were introduced as below: Person, to prevent discrimina tion in jury list. Butler, to improve the public school system in North Car olina, and moved to print 300 copies. Adopted. ' ' I At the afternoon session bills passed: To authorize deputy clerks of court to probate deeds. To repeal sections 1738 and 1739 of The Code by striking out the words; "May at his discretion and insert the word "shall." To better se cure the enforcement of the criminal law. 'This gives the ! board of county commissioners power, to employ local counsel to assist the solicitor in capital cases; to amend sections 1199 ane 1200 of The Code after striking out section 2; to establish the North Carolina Veteri nary Association and to regnlate the practice of veterinary medicine and surgery. ' ' -i HOUSE. ' Monday. House met at 10 o'clock. Among the new bills and resolutions were J6nes To make the fee for weighing cattle 15 cents. I i White To amend the charter of Bur lington so the constable and street com missioners shall bo elected by popular vote. I Currie To give the State the Illinois law for the protection of inebriates Craven To makeHt a misdemeanor to fail to remove obstructions to the pas sage of tish in streams within 30 days notice from the State Board of Agricul ture. ' I ' ' , Parker of Wayne To protect sheep by taxing male dogs 50 cents and fe male dogs $1, no dogs allowed to live unless licensed, making it a misdo meanor to fail to list said dogs. Lusk To amend the Code, sec. 1281, by adding an additional cause for di tvorce. "If either the husband or wife shall be indicted and convicted of felony and imprisoned therefor for life; .thisjact to apply to cases now pending in the courts of this State; to provide that whenever any '-person is declared to be insane or inebriate the husbanr or wife of such shall be first entitled to the guardianship of his or her prop- ertv. " 1 Tho Senate ' bill forbidding "gold contracts was called up and after con siderable debate was postponed unti Friday, liouser lavored the bill and Lusk opposed the consideration of it, and Cunningham, of Person, took prominent part in the debate, making a stronjr argument in favor of silver. The following is a text of the bill: That any rfote, bill, bond, draft check, exchange, contract, mortgage, public or private obligation, or pecun iary liability hereafter made or con tracted, which may provide for its pay ment in a specific kind or kinds of legal tenaer inonev oi me uaneuoiaies, may I be paid or discharged in any kind of J legal tender money of the United States, current at the time of ?its maturity or collection at its face value, such stipu lation or agreement to the contrary not withstanding, y i The bills that passed were principally local ones, allowing counties to levy Bpecial taxes, etc. j ? The Speaker announced the follow ing as the committee : (special) ' on the re-districting ! of the State into con gressional districts: iBrower, Dockery, Alexander, Whitener, McCrury, Aber nethy,' Bryan, of Chatham1. At the night session Dockery's bill tc provide for the turning over of the pen itentiary to the fusionists came up. It provides for a board of nine directors, the superintendent to be appointed by the Governor, all to serve four years. Tuesday Housejmet at 10 o'clock. Among the bills introduced were: Roberts To prohibit the sale ol liquors within two miles of political speakings; this pot j to apply to cities and towns where there is a police force. White To provide that if any person shall perform the marriage service who is not authorized he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con viction shall be fined or imprisoned. Candler To allow preachers to vote without 90 days'- residence in county and 31 days residence in township. Hauser To allow the people of La Grange to vote on the liquor question. Means To establish a dispensary in laden county. M j - Bills passed third reading: To allow Greene county to levy a special tax; to allow Jackson county to levy a special tax; to allow Nash county to levy a special tax to pay debt; to allow Yancey toilevy a special tax; i to allow Perqui mans to levy a special tax; to allow Transylvania to levy a special tax; to allow Nash to levy a stock law tax; to allow Caswell to levy a special tax; to incorporate Saratoga, Wilson county; to allow Nash to levy a road tax; to pro vide that in any county where there is a law to work the convicts of the county, the convict who has moved his case shall - be worked in the county t from which he moved it. ( t At noon the special order, the bill to annul the lease of the North! Carolina Railroad came up, and by a vote of GO to 54 the House stood in favor of the annul Iment. Many; speeches pro and con were made, and among those favor ing the annullment were Schulken, Pearson, Hartness, Sutton; opposing. Blackburn, Murphy, McCrary; and otheTs. ' : ; ' i I - I At 7:30 the House met and at once took np the calendar.-Bills were passed to incorporate the People's Mutual Be nevolent Association; to amend the charter of the Atlantic k North Caro lina Railroad, so that the presence of the State proxy shall be necessary to make a quorum; to revise and consoli date the charter of Morven; to regulate the service of process in criminal ac tions.' The bill placing the penitentia ry in the hands of the Republicans, and the Agricultural and Mechanical Col lege in the hands of the Populist bolt ers came up and was passed. ! I Wednesday. House met at 10 o'clock. Among the new bills were : Ormsby To require sheriffs in sales of mortgaged land for taxes to give no tice of such sale to mortgagee. i Dixon, of Green-rTo incorporate the Snow Hill Railroad company.! Parker, of Perquimans To divorce the Agrinltural and Mechanical College from the Agricultural Department and put it under the care of fourteen direc tors. I Craven To ratify the incorporation of the Elizabeth College Company. 1 Aiken To allow the Agricultural De partment to hold farmers' institutes at an expense of not over $1,500.' I Meares To entitle the widows of all Confederate; soldiers to fourth-class pensions. ! i I . ; - Bryan, of Chatham To give the Governor the appointment of, the clerk of the railroad commission; to repeal the act giving the $10,000 appropria tion to the geological survey; to repeal the act of 1891 making an appropria tion to the University; to protect coal miners. . l ; Graham To locate and settle the line between North Carolina and Tennessee (between Graham and Cherokee and Tennessee) and to pay therefor $300. Bills passed: For encouragement of the Woman's exposition of .the Caro linas at Charlotte; to allow the peni tentiary directors to pass upon the value of stocks o bonds ofiered by counties as pay for convict labor.' The bill to reduce railroad fare and telegraph and telephone rates and to elect Railroad Commissioners by popu lar vote was tabled by a vote of 61 to 45. A bill passed to subject to the quali fied voters of Chatham county the ques tion of road tax. j j j At the night"session bills passed re quiring railroads to give free transpor tation to railroad commissioners and their clerks, eiving the' commission jurisdiction of street railways, j if the latter haul freight;! to require convicts on the State farm in Anson to work roads not less than two nor more than. six davs annually: to put stock law elections under the control of the county commissioners (they are now controlled by State election supervis ors, to incorporate Morven. I t Thursday. -House met at 10 o'clock, There was an avalanche of new bills, and among them were: .-I I Brown To amend the act of 1891, makincr a suit for violation of the fer tilizer tax tag law void unless notice is not within 30 daj's given the Agricultu re 1 department; i Cunningham To impose a $10 penalty for killing mock ing birdsor robbing their nests; Crary (resolution) on behalf oi csyivesier Scovel, an American citizen under arrest in Cuba; Ward To forbid ex- Confederate soldiers from receiving -rtATtsionn whila imniates of the Soldiers Home; 10 require me aiienuauce oi an children between tho aees of 8 and 14 at school; to require radroads to carry bicvcles as other bascrase; Dockery- to designate holidays (lecal) January 1, January 19, February 22, May 10, May 20, May 30, July 4, 1st Monday in Sep tember. December 25. and all Saturdays from 12 noon until 12 midnight; Cur rie To make misconduct at religious worship a misdemeanor, punishable by $50 fine or 30 days imprisonment; to allow Liumberton to vote on sewer bonds: HilemanMo require! cotton mills to pav their employes the second -Saturday nisht following their employ ment, and making it unlawful to longer withhold their wages, the oflence to be a misdemeanor, the penalty, fine or im prisonment; . the bill to appropriate $5,000 to the "Rolling Exposition," known as "North Carolina on Wheels," i came up as a special order, but was re reierrea to committee The railroad comi commission bill was taken up and amended by striking out the provision providing for their free transnortation bv the. railroads and passed. . ! 1 The fireman s appropriation bill was tabled by a vote of CO to 31.' I ' The senatorial investigation commit tee is allowed to March 2nd to report. The "clincher"! was put on the bill to eive Favetteville a "police board" after it passed third reading. The bill requiring county commis sioners of each county to meet on the first Monday in: June and revise the iurv list passed, i I I. At the night cession the following bills passed: To prescribe a short term of an agricultural lien in this State; to incorporate ? Pigford , Sanitarium at Southern Pines ifor consumptive ne groes; to allow Rutherford ton to levy a special tax this year of 15 cents on the $100 worth of property, for bridges and repairs; to amend the code so no insurance tax shall be levied on any fraternal benevolent organization which has insurance . features, but not for profit. ! I ! Friday. House met at 10 o'clock. Among the committee reports was one, unfavorable, on the bill to reduce sal aries and fees. There were an avalanche of new bills, mostly local ones, though, Bills passed amending the charter of Selma: to charter the Stone Mountain Railroad (this bill passed both Senate and House without a roll call, -while roll call was necessary); to keep m re pair stock law fences in i Robeson; to incorporate Redmond, Madison county; resolution m favor of Sylvester bcovel, an American newspaper correspondent, in prison in Cuba; lor relief of sheriffs and tax collectors, allowing them to collect arrears ! of taxes since 1891 (amendments poured in excepting such conn ties. Alexander denounced ail such bills. He was told it was a custom at each legislative session to pass such a bill. I 1 i The Senate bill to stimulate local taxation for schools by directing the State Board of Education to use as much as $20,000 in rural districts which for three successive years vote to tax themselves, the gifts to be in the snms of $5t, $75 andjlOO a vear. Dix- on, oi tUtiberiand, said this was an excellent iill, and it passed its read ings. , . Bills passed to take Yance county out of the Eastern Criminal Circuit; to give the locaPboards of trustees of col ored State normal schools entire charge of such schools, such boards to be a-' pointed by. the State Board of Educa tion; to extend the corporate limits of Maxton. The bill (by Bryan of Chatham) to repeal the appropriation- to the State University was unfavorably reported. The House refused, upon a vote, to take up on the third reading the resolution to attend the Newbetn fair. 1 Bills passed: To make the law fish ing with gill nets in Albemarle Sound operative March 31st next; to incorpor ate Roanok- Rapids, Halifax county; appointing ; cotton weighers for Liles- ville, Morveri and adesboro; making appropriations for the State insane asj-- lums. Saturday House met at 10 o'clock. Cook, as chairman, made a report as follows: "The special committee to whom the memorial herewith reported and Senate resolution No. 532, House resolution No. 579, concerning the ap pointment of a special committee of in quiry as to fraud concerning the lease of the North Carolina Railroad were re ferred, beg leave to report that after having carefully considered the Senate resolution and memorial, they are of the opinion that the matters therein set forth properly belong to and are cog nizable by the judiciary department and recommend th&t tho House do not con cur." ! Bills introduced: Person, of Wayne, to make it discretionary with the State Treasurer whether he will pay any an nual appropriations monthly, quarter ly or annually. By Candler, to provide a dispensary for Asnevuie; currie, to prevent careless rafting of lumber in Lumber river; Hileman, to provide that the State Treasurer shall collect fro aa all persons or corporations doing a bank ing business under State license a per cent, of the capital stock which has "ac tually been paid in by the stockholders, and that he shall use this fund to pay guarantees asrainst any loss to the State; banks whica refuse for ten days to pay this 1 per cent, shall be closed and are ceiver shall be appointed. Bills passed: To allow persons own ing $100 worth of property to receive pensions; to prohibit the sale of cigar ettes o minors, vote 66 to 28. Thejtext of the bill is as follows: That after the ratification of this act it shall be unlawful for any oue to give or sell to any minor to use or smokt cigarettes, and minor found po smoking cigarettes Bball bo a competent witness to prove from whom he roceived sucn cigarettes, ana tne evidence so given shall not be used against said minor in any prosecution against such minor for vio lation of this act. That any one who sells or gives to any minr-r any cigarettes or any minor lound smoking cigarettes shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic tion shall be fined not more than $10 or im prisoned not more than 30 days. ' xv leave jonnson lniroaucea a bill to provide for the inspection of the manner of conducting certain business es and occupations in this State, and to ascertain and tabulate the nature and value of the goods and manufactured articles sold in North Carolina for oth er States. It provides that all persons doing in this State the business of sell ing: pianos, organs, etc., having or claiming immunity from taxation by reason of inter-State commerce, shall make sworn statements as to their bus iness, under penalty. FIPTY-FOUItTII CONGRESS. The Proccedines Briefly Told From Day to Day. SENATE. Monday. In the Senate, the joint resolution introduced last week by Morgan to declare the Clayton-Bulwer treaty abrogated passed, and 'the Senate went into a secret legislative session, which lasted until nearly 4 o'clock. Af ter the secret session was over the Sen ate bankruptcy bill was taken up. but no progress was made with it beyond havincr the Senate substitute read in full. Twenty-four private pension bills, with a lot of other miscellaneous bills. were passed. Anions: the bills passe was the Senate bill appropriating $10,- ,000 for the investigation of the obstrnc xion oi me navieaoie waters ot xiorm, Louisiana and the South Atlantic and Gulf States by the aquatic plant known as the water hyacinth. Tuesday. Chandler, (Kep. ) of isew Hampshire, spoke for three hours in support of the resolution declaring it the sense of the Senate that the United States should not permanently acqui esce in the single gold standard. He attributed the fall of values to the pro gressive steps in the demonetization of silver, and quoted bherman in lSio, He also predicted the Republican over throw unless the administration is con ducted aloncr the lines of bimetallism. The bankruptcy bill was taken up, but no action was taken upon it. Wednesday The Senate modified the immigration law, and it now goes to the President. It adds.' to the classes of excluded aliens all persons over 16 vearsofaire who cannot read the Eng lish language or some other language, except that admissible immigrants may brins: with them or send for'inadmissi- ble aliens in grandparents over 50 years of age, wives and minor children. It also prohibits from employment on the public works aliens who come regularly or habitually into the United States for the purpose'of engaging in any mercan tile trade or manual labor, and who havo not made a declaration of their in tention to become American citizens. The Secretary of the Treasury, how ever, may permit the entrance of aliens for the purpose of teaching new arts or industries. And the act is not to apply to iersons coming here from Cuba, during the continuance of the present disturbances there. 1 Thursday. The movement to post pone further consideration of the arbi tration treaty until after March 5, was defeated in the Senate. To the sur prise of all Vest came out in a speech strongly favoring the ratification of the treaty as amended. Sherman says that when the test comes, the necessary two thirds will be found voting for rataifica tion. He expects the treaty to be dis posed of Friday. Friday. The session of the Senate only lasted for half an hour. Possibly the last of the 'unreconstructed" reb els was pardoned in the person of Col. D. E. Simms, of Kentucky, the Senate passjns a bill -to remoye nil political usabilities, senator ijanieis r,Liem. j, of Virginia, wan designated as the reader of Washington's farewell address next Monday, an observance intro duced by Hoar some years ago. At 12:30 p. m, the Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business (the arbitration treaty) and adjourned at 8 p. m. without taking action. Saturday The Cretan uprising against Turkey was recognized and en couraged by the Senate in the unani mous adoption of a resolution offered by Cameron, extending sympathy to the government of Greece in its interven tion to free the people of Crete "from the tyranny of foreign oppressors, and to restore peace with the blessing of Christian civilization to the distressed island." The bill which passed the House at the last session to authorize the appointment of a labor commission was taken up, but was soon1 sidetracked by Allison, (Rep.) of Iowa, chairman of the committee on appropriations, by a motion to take up the Indian appropri ation bill, which, was agreed to. and there was a long debate then on the sectarian schools, which was laid aside without any action! During the con sideration of the above bill the income tax case was brought in question. Allen said that Justice Shiras owes it to the country to say why he so - suddenly changed front on that subject. The change was so radical and so extreme that that man will go into history under a cloud unless he exj lains to the coun try what motives influenced him to change his position on the income tax cases. ' HOUSE. Monday. The House concurred in the amendments of the Senate to the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. The bill now goes to the Presi dent. The Sunday civil bill was taken up and passed. Pearson (Rep.), of North Carolina, attacked the river and harbor items in this bill, but when the vote was declared it was shown that its opponents were not numerous enough to even secure a vote of yeas and nays. The Senate amendments to the agri cultural appropriation bill were non- concurred in and sent to conference. Bills which passed under suspension of the rules were: To supply the National Guards of the various States aud Ter ritories with Springfield rifles of 45 calibre; the Senate resolution author izing the Secretary of the Navy to furnish a naval or other ship to trans port India certain supplies donated by the Western States. The night oession was devoted to the consideration of private pension bills. Tuesday. Coffin (Reb.j, of Mary land, moved to pass over the Presi dent's veto the bill to pension at $30 a month the widow of Pete H. Alia- bach, a veteran of the Mexican war. The vote resulted: yeaS, 115; nays, 79; two-thirds not voting in the affirmative, the bill failed to pass over the veto. A largo batch of pension bills was then passed. k Wednesday. The House affirmed its intention to abide by the policy of lim- itmcr pensions for widows of general of ficers to $50 a month, and grading from that sum down tor widows of officers of lower rank. Conference report on the executive, legislative and judicial ap propriations bill was agreed to. Hop kins, (Rep.) of Keutucky, failed to se cure his seat which was contested on an illegal and fraudulent ballot in Clark county. Thursday. I he House voted down the decision of the elections committee in the case of Hopkins (Rep.) vs. Ken dall (Dem.) from the Tenth district of Kentucky, thereby seating Hopkins. The case was contested over the emblem of the official ballot, which was the eagle. A coon had been substituted instead of the eagle, the chosen emblem of the Republican party in Kentucky. It was admitted that this was transpar ent fraud, and that it was done with in tent to deceive, so the vote of the coun tv must be thrown out, and the House sustained this view by a vote of. 197 to 91. The general deficiency bill was re dorted to the House from tne committee on appropriations with notice that it would be called up Friday. The bil Friday. The House made but little progress, only one or two measures be ing brought up. One of the measures was that of the appropriations to supply deficiencies for the current year and prior years. Richardson (Den.) of Tennessee, made a loner discussion over an item to pay special attorneys for de fendintr suits against the United States, but the bill was not passed at 5 o'clock when the House adjourned. Saturday. The House finished the discussion in c ommittee of the whole of the general deficiency bill, with the exception of one paragraph. An inno cent appearing paragraph appropriat ing some $12,000 to refund amounts de ducted from the salaries for absence, brought about a family row, but after a long discussion it was retained. Be fore adjournment it was decided not to observe Monday as Washington's birth dry, owing to time being too previous at this late period in the session. In a recent 6peech at Hampton Booker T. Washington, the noted Ala bama negro, eald: "As a race, I be lieve we are to work out our salvation, work It out with pen and ink, work It out with square and compass, work It out with saw and hammer, work It out with spade and plow, work It cut with horse power and steam power, work It ont on the farm, In the shop, school room, sewing-room, the office, and In all of life's callings. As before the war the negro was bound to the white man by slavery, so now be must be bound to him by community of Interest. Here at Hampton we have not alone the sign of progress, but the reality. There la no position, however high. In science or letters or politics that I would with hold from my race, but I would have the foundation sure." Bank Cashier Geta Ten Years. John H. Hoffer, former cashier of the First National Bank of Lebanon, Pa., who was charged with embezzling SI 00, 000 of the bank's funds, was ar raigned in the United States district court last week before Judge Butler. After a consultation with his attorneys the accused pleaded ; guilty and was sentenced to ten years imprisonment in the eastern penitentiary and ordered to pay a fine of $1,000. THE IIIH1I PLAIIS. Work on the Details Rapidly Near- ing Completion, FIVE DOLLARS FOR TICKETS. The Parade Wflt'be .Larce and Well Organized In Two Grand Divisions. No Invitations Issued. The arrangements for the inaugura tion of President-elect McKinley are rapidly Hearing completion. About $13,000 will be spent in decorating the big hall in the Pension Building for the inaugural balL The president and Vice-President, with their families, will attend the ball and will be in charge of a reception committee, of which Major-General Nelson A. Miles ia the chairman. The cost of tickets to the ball has been fixed at $5 for each person, and $1 extra if supper is desired. No invita tions to the ball are necessary and none are issued except to foreign Ministers. Tickets may be had by any one at the price named. The ball will be held on ihursday night and five inaugural grand aoncerts -will be given in the ball room on the following Friday. The first concert will be given at 10:30 a. m., in honor of the United States Army, represented by Gen. Miles and staff. The Republican Glee Club, of Columbus, O., will sing a number of patriotic airs. At 2 p. m. a concert will be given in honor of the Navy, represented by Rear Admirals Walker and Ramsey, and at night the concert will be given in honor of the States of the Union, represented by the Governors of the States and their staffs. The concert Saturday afternoon wifl be in the honor of Congress, represent ed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House. The last concert, Saturday night, will be in honor of the United States, and will consist of music by the Twenty-second Regiment Band and a chorus or oou voices. Admission to each concert wui v i . in be 50 cents. The probabilities are that the parade will be large. General Horace Porter, of New York, will act as Grand Mar shal, and will have as his chief of that staff A. Noel Blakeman, of New York City; Col. H. C. Corbin, of the United States Army, as adiutant-ereneral. and Cant. John A. Johnston, of the United States Army, as chief of aides, with Capt. William Edward Hortot! , of the D. C. N. G., as special aide and mill tarv secretary. The parade will be organized in two trrand divisions, one civio and the other military. General Grenville M. Dodge will be chief marshal of the first grand division, to be composed of military organizations. He will have as his chief of staff General Huidekoper, of New York, and Col. Joseph P. Sanger. of the United States Army, adjutant- general. . The civio errand division will be com manded by B. H. Warner, of the city of Washington, as chief marshal, and will be made up of civic clubs of all de scriptions, s The parade will start from the east front of the capitol and will march west along Pennsylvania avenue, past the President's reviewing stand in front' of the White House, to Washington Cir cle. returning1 on K street to Mount Vernon Square, where it will disband. It is expected that 50,000 people will be in line. TO BOYCOT TIIK CENTKNNIAFj. Ministers Alliance Discusses Sale of Beer and "Wine. The Christian Ministers Alliance, which has for some weeks .been co siderably agitated over the intention of the Tennessee centennial management to permit the sale of beer and wine in the centennial grounds, held an inter esting session last week. A committee heretofore appointed to express the views of the alliance re ported, expressing sympathy with the patriotic purpose of the centennial: de light that the gates will not be open on Sunday, but deploring the determina tion to sell beer and light wines, anc protesting against it. Rev. J. . Cherry and B. F. Haynes presented a substitute regretting that the centennial autnorities intended ig noring the sentiments and wishes of the hundreds of thousands of Christian people and ministers; regretting the necessity of withdrawing its support. but requesting the churches not to have exhibits on the grounds. '1 be substitute was rejected ayes, 17; . noes. 26; and thf original report was adopted. Re. J. W. Cherry then withdrew froni. membership of the alliance, say irg he ronld not conscientiously belong try an organization that contents itself with protesting when it had an opior- tunity to act; when the ministers had never before -had fuch an opportunity to cripple and wound the liquor traffic Florida Woman Sues Ohloan. Anna Loomis. whose iiome" is at Gainesville, Fla. , has sued Charles II, Palmer, a wealthy retired business man of Cuvahoea Falls. O.. for 15,000dam ages. She charges that on the 6th of last April, while Palmer was traveling in Florida, he promised to pay her 1 0.000 if she would marry him. She consented and the marriage certificate bears date of April 25th. Palmer re cently inherited a fortune from an Eng- lif b estate. Dank Cashier ets Ten Years. John II. Hoffer, former cahier of the First National Bank of Lebanon. Pa., who was charged with embezzling 8100,000 of the bank's funds was ar- raioned in the' United States district court last week before Judge Butler. After a consultation with his attorneys tK amised Tileaded trail ty and was onioncd to ten vear s imprisonment in the eastern penitentiary and ordered to pay a fine of $1,000. '.WOULD OF TRADE. Better Prices fur tirln The Influx enccs on the Cotton Market. 1 Messrs. R. G. Dun Co. say: Slightly better prices for wheat, cot ton, wool and iron and a money market well adapted to encourage liberal pur chases against future improvement in business, have rendered the past week more hopeful than any other since eaxlr in November. The heavy excess of merchandise exports over imports in January, the continuance of exchange rates showing that Europe is still large ly indebted to this country on currenV account, and the prospect that ConffTeas, will adjourn without any disturbing action, all have their favorable iuflu-! ence on the money market, and ujon further undertakings. I "Ihe sales of wools have sharply tie- clined, amounting to 7,409,:MK) ounds for the week, against 9,157,100 for the previous week, out owiusr to the hcavyj transactions early in the' month, the sales for thre - weeks have Uen HO.-! ISO, WO iKmnds. if-aiu.-t i:'.,lt;x,70O pounds last year. The large mills have acquired large supplies for tho present, and at any advance of price they apiear readi to drop out of the market, Tho demand for woolen good does not seem' to have cxieuded materially, and no 3 notable change in prices ha apieared' uriuir the week. . "The heavy exiorts in January, fol lowing the unprecedented excess of ex-; K)rts over imiorts of merchandise in the four previous months, are largely due to the fact that' neither tho wheat nor the cotton markets have Wen ma-' terially controlled by speculation. 1 "Figures at this season do not count for much in "cotton, though there is a large demand on account of the partial closing ttf many mills, which has ma-; terially influenced the market. Price have been comparatively steady ; mid-, dling uplands declining to 7 cents, but recovering at8. The volume of business' is not accurate' represented by clear- , ing house exchanges, owing to the ex tra holiday this year at so rue commer cial centres, but the daily average ap pears to be:.4 ier cent smaller than last year. The railroad companies 1k; gin to show improvement, leing'.).T ier cent. larger than la.st year, for the sec ond week of February.. railures for tho past week wero 803 in the United States, against 2S) last year, and 5-S iu Canada airainht last year." Chicago Clraln and Produce. Chuam). Saturday. The leading' futures were as follows; Wheat: Open. Close. May...:... ?: Tti V July 72 T.Ik, September 71 i 71 1 Corn : January., 24 241 May 25 J 254 July 26J 2;l Fork: May , 8 00 7 IX) July 8 12 8 Bibs: May.... ; 4 10 4 07 July 4 17 4 15 Lard : . May 4 02 4 02 July 4 12 4 10 Liverpool Cotton Market. Liverpool, Saturday Tone . quiet: middling 3. 2-32d. Openincr. Closintr. February and March. . . 3 53 3 55 March and April 3 5-1 3 5-5 April and May 8 54 3 55 May and June 3 54 3 5- Juno and July 3 55 lM July and August 3 5-5 "3 53 New York Cotton Futures. ! Nkw York. Saturday. Tone steady:. middling 7d. Opening. Closing. February ........ 0 HH 0 March 6 87 fi sr, April 6 05 f. ir May 7 01 r, i7 Juno 7 Ofi 7 0. July 7 10 7i7 . Auirust 7 12 7 ifi September. 79 7 f October AGS G0I ' Tobacco Market. Wiito!, N. C. Feb! 20. 137. Breaks are very larr. All trt-tly (rood ripe sorts and good wrappers, eutt-rs and smokers continue to sell well, while tho medium, xommon poor sorts am lower. mmlas, C l&Oto 200 Bright 6 00 to 8 00 Fine Bright 10 00 to '0 00 Lngr New 3 00 to 4 00 oood uriKrjt saoto 701 Fine Bright Lags 8 00 to 10 00 Common Lugs 2 00 to 3 00 Medium 3 50 to S 00 Good 8 to to 10 00 Fine.... 14 to 20 20 00 Cutter, Common 12 00 to 15 00 Fine.. 18 00to2JM Common, Leaf 3 00 to 4 CO - Hood 6 M to 8 M Fine M0 CM) to 1100 Extra BJpe Leafy Fillers 12 00 to 100 Common Wrappers' 1j00UHO Medium W (4) to 25 00 Oood. . r. . ; 35 00 to 40 00 Fine 40 00 to W 00 Soutliorn Railway Piedmont Air Line. FIRST AND SECOND DIVISION NORTH CAROLINA. ThU condensed ached ale is published aa information oolT and U subject to caaoge without notice to tbe public. tim. Ho fi. No 7. No 11 Hlxl Mot Be Dally. Mixed See Ex. aote. Baa. am jp ex dly cote p m i . 315. 6 05 p m 7M t60 LtOretnabore too 1X29 Wiastoa-6aiea.it w , 1 w BoralKaU ldll Elkia 12 2 Ax. WUasabero. 118 - - " pa He. 67 will leave Wiastoa-galem Mondsyi, Wedaaada and Trtdsrs No. i Is mixed train Between niasvon atom and WlUesboro. " No. 8 No. 10 No. 64 No. S Mixed Dally Mixed Daily Ex See Bee Baa Note Note a. at. a. K. r. v. a. v. Lt. Wtikesbere Elkia 4 . iw.w Rural Hall .. 4-52 l>oo-8alm T.00 lO.ft) &.80 3.45 Ir. Qreensboro... JW 1LU e.J r. x. No M will leave Wileboro Tuesday Thursday and Saturdays. ' HO. 10 U DUM iraia oew a n.v aa4 Wiaatoa-Batona 4 (Davidson Co ewi) i I
Davidson County News (Lexington, N.C.)
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