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A blu. ataric hata miaaa that your aubacrip Uaa ia jraar ba hind and thai your papa will ba atop, pad anlaaa yea makaa payment. MOUNT AIRY,' NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1900 NO. 36 UN NM . Ks? V 'iky BILLS INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE HAYMORE The Following Furnished us by Representative R. L. Haymore Shows What was Done at the Last Ses sion of the Legislature That Affects this County. House Bill No. 693. A bill tolars" and inserting instead there be entitled an act to establish a of, the words "one thousand dol Graded School for the town of J in valuation." soth at so 1 Elkin, fixing the school district ! die or wrth "ot " i:5- ..rM;nWfrWtftncehn im on December 1, to raise the money to support! n.a:r.-k iq iooq same, ivauueu i cuiuaij j..w. House Bill. No. 805. A bill to be entitled an act for the relief of J. M. Davis. Ex-Sheriff of Sur ry County, extending his timejto! collect back taxes. Ratified Feb ruary 22, 1909. House Bill No. 349. A bill to be entitled an act to amend Ar ticle 6 of the constitution of North Carolina, striking out the poll tax as a prerequisite to vote and extending the educational quali fications to 1916. Referred to Committee on constitutional A mendment Amended by the said Ccmmittee reported favora ble; February 22, 1909. Upon a party vote, recommitted to joint committee on judiciary Nos. 1 & 2. Reported by that committee un favorable on a party vote, seven to five. A minority report made and placed on the calendar and lost House Bill No. 175. A joint resolution memorialize g Norfcfr Carolina senators and reprenta tives in jQnfrps'iajvQrFeder- tfya-.-,Pi,, t rnon , ey to the several states ujiu-u. building past roads and high' ways. Referred to committee on Federal relations and reported favorable. Passes its third read- ing and is brdered sent to the Senate without engrossment. Passed its second reading in the Senate after lengthy discussion, by a vote of twenty to eighteen. March 5th, taken from the calen dar by a party vote and tabled. House No. 694. A bill entitled an act to place W. S. Redman, Confederate Soldier, on a pension roll. Referred to Committee on pensions and reported unfavora ble. Feb. 25. 1909, and tabled. House Bill No. 59. A bill to be entitled an act for the relief of .T. N. Slawter, Confederate Soldier, and placing him on the pension roll. Referred to Com mittee on Pensions and reported unfavorable. House Bill No. 50. A bill o be entitled an act to place W. A. Jeiter, a Confederate Soldier of Surry Co. on pension roll in Class 1 instead of Class 4. Referred to Committee on pensions and re ported unfavorable. House. Bill No. 519. A bill to be entitled an act for the relief of John S. Emmerson, Confeder ate Soldier. Referred to Com mittee on Pensions. Reported unfavorable, Feb. 25, 1909. House Bill 1393. A bill to be entitled an Act for the relief of M. H. Norman of Surry County, a Confederate Soldier and placing him on the pension roll in class No. 4. Referred to Committee on Pensions. Feb. 20, 1909. Re ported unfavorable Feb. 25, 1909. House Bill. A bill to be enti tled an act for the relief of A. W. Dear Confederate Soldier, by placing him on pension roll in Class No. 4. Referred to Com mittee on Pensions and reported unfavorable and lost House Bill No. 1694. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the State pension laws by stt iking j out the words "five hundred dol-i AV ? 7 C ZZ at the discretion of the local board. Passes its second reading and on March 5, 1909, tabled on a party vote on its third reading. House Bill No. 1101. A bill to be entitled an act for the relief of H, J. Brewer, Specialist in Cancer cure and allowing him to practice his cancer treatment in the State without applying for medical license to State Medical Board. Referred to Committee on Health and reported unfavor able, Feb., 1909. Recommitted to Committee on Health and again reported unfavorable, March 3, 1909 and lost House Bill No. 1203. A bill to be entitled an act to repeal Chap rer No. 924 of the laws of 1907, appropriating $10,000 annually for five years to aid in securing immigration into the State. Sub stitute offered by the Senate and passes its third reading and is or dered engrossed. Ratified March 5, 1909. House Bill No. 143. A bill to be entitled an act to elect the Board of Education for Surry special order with State bills No. 105 same purpose. On Feb. 10. 1909, the same was debated all day by Messrs. Conor, Murphy, Dowed, Currie, Green ani Dough ton and others for majority party, and by Taylor, Turner, Harshaw and Haymore for minority partv. It failed to pass on yea and nay vote, 29 yeas and 73 nays. House Bill No. 1202. A bill to be entitled an act to compel ex press companies to make immed iate settlements on failure to de liver goods, in cash or delivery of goods. Reported to Judicial Com mittee No. 2 and reported unfav orable February 21, 1909 and lost. I House Bill No. 1523. A bill to be entitled an act to prevent stealing old brasses and junk by prohibiting all purchases from minors. Reported to Judicial Committee No. 2. Reported un favorable and lout. House Bill No. 1818. A bill to be entitled an act to amend the State laws and reducing charges for water tests against municip alities and other companies. Re ferred to Committee on propo sitions and grievances. Report ed unfavorable and lost. House Bill No. 865. A bill to be entitled an act to amend the city charter of Mount Airy and extend city limits, Original bill, reported unfavorable. Substitute reported favorable and passes its third reading and is ordered en grossed. Ratified Feb. 25, 1909. House Bill No. 866. A bill to be entitled an act for the relief of J. C. Council, tax collector, for the town of Mount Airv, and extending his term to collect tax es. Amended in Senate and rat ified, Feb. 26, 1009. House Bill, No. 1392. A bill to be entitled an act to establish a public school district in 3urry County known as "Round Peak ITCH curad in 30 minutes hy Wool ford'a Sanitary Itkm. Nevtrr fail. Sold by Aahcraft Dtvg Co. School District " Passes its third reading and is ordered engrossed and ratified March 8, 1909. - House Bill No. 120L A bill to be entitled an act to amend the Graded School district at Pilot Mountain, Surry County, N. C. and to enlarge the boundaries thereof. Passes its third reading and is ordered engrossed. Rati fied March 3, 1909. House Bill No. 1693. A bill to be entitled an act to establish a a graded School in Mount Airy Township, and known as the "Sa lem Graded School," by author izing a tax levy not exceeding a 163 cents on the one hundred dol lars valuation and submitting it to a vote of the peoDlq, May 1, 1909. Passes its third reading and is ordered engrossed. Rati fied March 6, 1909. I House Bill. 1748. A bill to be entitled an act to validate five j thousand dollar bond, issued to I build county home for the county of Surry. Passes its third read ing and is ordered engrossed. Ratified March 6, 1909. The following bills were intro duced by other persons but effec ting Surry County. A State drainage law, inciden tally effecting all. counties. All amendments were voted down ex cept that its provisions should not effect any local legislation and drainage in the several coun ties. Then an amendment wa passed attaching Surry to For sythe Countya drainage law, re moving it from the operation of general laws. A bill by Hanes of Yadkin to authorize Booneville Township to subscribe $8,000 to build a steel bridge at C tehfield ford, and aa'VH,. f aaaV amended by 'allowing Surry to pay sum at tJ discretion of the county commissioner!, and pass ed. A bill by A. W. Graham to re peal laws of 1907 and placing Surrv County back in the 8th: moved their personal effects. Congressional District. Report- j For the present, Colonel Cooper ed unfavorable by Judiciary Com-! will make his homj with Mrs. mittee. 1 Burch and RoUn will return to For Surry road legislation see! hi fid quarters with his uncle, Act 1905 and this act was copied j Judge J. C. Bradford, by many counties in session 1909. ! To-night the father 'and son House Bill no. to prevent retireU to the home of Judge J. killing foxes during certain sea-;C- Bradford and discussed the sons. Referred to committive next move in the case- ... .. . v.,:.... l on gan e. l'assed 3rd reading in 1 ,IIouse and sent to the Senate and I loat, ! . c . ! A Jail Delivery. 1 j Hilluvillo I)iHj)akh. A Jail Delivery occurred at the, jail at this place last night when five ot the seven prisoners made their escape by sawing the bars of their cage in two and then cut- ting a hole in the brick wall to court. freedom. Once more in the fresh j ''I understand they have a air they, let no grass grow I greed," he remarked to the press under the'r feet. I table, "and am sending to see." It is supposed that someone or party smuggled them some nitric acic and files whjch they used to their very best advantage in cut ting the bars. The jail is of the latest model and the cages of raw steel which could not have been cut with file or saw alone. Richard Moxley, a U. S. r-ris- oner remained and would not go out saying he wanted to serve his term out and be free when he did j leave and not be hounded and i chaed- ! "We the jury, find the defend- There was none of the escaped i gnt8, Duncan B. Cooper and Ro men in for serious crime or long j bin J. Cooper, guilty of murder terms. Up to the present none j (n the second degree and assess have been recaptured. j their r unishment at confinement j in the State penitentiary for s lm grtppa cougns are dangerous aa they frequently develop into pneumonia. Foley s Honey aikd Tar net only tU roiey s Honey moa Tar net c ops tli ma cougn dui beau ana t trengtbens tbei lungs ao that no aerioua results nd be feared. Tba renuina Foley's limu-y and Tar contains no fearmf ul drugs and is in a yellow pat-kags. Eefuae substi tutes. Sold by All Druggist. ' COOPERS Gf f TWINTY YEARS THC VERDICT QUITS A SURPRISE Nashville, Tenn. March, 20. Guilty of murder in the second degree punishment 20 years' imprisonment this was the un expected verdict rendered by the jury against Col. Duncan B. Cooper and Robin J. Cooper when the court opened to-day. The jury yesterday acquitted John D. Sharp, indicted with the Coopers for the slaying of former U. S. Senator Edward W, Carmack. Events moved swiftly from the moment the verdict was ren dered to-day. Immediately the defense moved to set it aside be cause of the verdict of disagree ment of yesterday and asked the j court to declare it a mistrial, Judge Hart said he would listen i to arguments on this motion later probably next week. He then fixed the defendants' bonds at $25,000 each. ( Rush to Sign Bond. Although Judge Hart fixed the bond at $25,000 there was a rush to sign it on the part of wealthy citizens of Nashville which fairly swamped the clerk of the crimi nal court. In vain he professed over and over again that more than enough sureties had signed but the invariable answer was "We want to put our name on that bond too." It seemed as though every friend of the Coop ers considered it incumbent upon him to sign the bond. When there was no more room for names at the foot of the docu ment the new bondsmen endors- per" ' "nH Jf. ym ditiicuit to a; .. ..vi the signa tures. When filled the bond to taled nearly a million and a half. Coopers Released. The Coopers returned to the jail this afternoon late and re- "UIUIWBW wnimi-m, luinm that the jury had agreed were responsible for a crowded court room this morning and for the presence of attorneys on both sides long before the usual hour for convening. As soon as Judge Hart enter ed court anif. after he removed his coat he ordered the defend- anta an(i the jury brought Into The Jury's Verdict In almost a moment, at 9:25 to be exact the 12 men entered I the room and took the same seats they have occupied for nearly 9 weeks. llrt a nave you agreed upon a ver ! diet, gentlemen?" said Judge ! Hart vv hav " rpn!il Fnrpman e. m. Burke hoarsely. "Advance Mr. Foreman and i road tha vtriiirt " jar wa a a, via "So say you all, gentlemen?" "So say we all," in chorus. "I thank you, geitlemen," Bld the COUft. "for VOUT patience and devotion to the State, and dismisi you to your homes and to your. Wrsorud vocations, The jurors were tired-looking and disheveled but with the con clusion of this remark the entire 12 sprang from their seats as one man and hurriedly left the court room. Verdict a Surprise. The verdict, coming as it did upon the heels of Foreman Burke's declaration yesterday that "we are hopelessly tied up as to the Coopers," was a decid ed surprise. The defendants took it cooly almost without emotion. In a second after Judge Hart ceased dismissing the jurors, Judge Anderson, of the defense was on his feet exclaiming: "Your honor, we ntove that the case be declared a mistrial because of the verdict yesterday, we contend that yesterday's ver dict was the only one and that it acquitted John Sharp but declar ed a disagreement on the other defendants. We also ask that the defendants be admitted to bond at once." A Bailable Case. "The verdict of the jury makes it a bailable case, " was the courts retort. "Hence I will fix the bond of each defendant at $25, 000 unless there be some objec tion. In that event I will hear arguments." "It is satisfactory to us," said Attorney General McCurn. "And to us." retorted Judge Anderson. 'There seems nothing left but for the court to pass sentence," added Judge Hart. "I do not think that necess ary," said Jukge Anderson. We . - i . move tnat judgement Desus- J4 . -i it r,U new triid, ,c wjii be prepared i . i to argue the motion later prob ably next week." "All right, judge," remarked the court. "I know you will not delay unnecessarilly and I will take it up at your own conveni ence." "Bring in the bond book." said Judge Anderson. It was done and the defendants signed the bond and returned for a few ! minutes with their relatives and; friends to the room they have' oc:upied in th jail building. As the verdict was announced Mrs. Burch and Mrs. Wilson, the oiin-' diiuirhtpra of (!olnnpl Ctum I,r,w nml nairl mm r it were irnve am tearful eyes, restrained their e motiona gamely. Mrs. Barch nut with her arm around her brother Robin's shoulder and Mrs. Wilson wast her father's riht. The suspense for the two young women had been heart rending and any verdict, how ever unfavorable, was a relief. Mrs, Burch, however, as she rpuchtnl I hp narrow cfirriAar le:it. ing to the jail collapsed and had : to supported by her husband. Mrs. Wilson's eyes were stream- ing with tears. Both young wo - men have counted confidently on an acquittal although even their counsel advised against building too many hopes on the result How The Jurv Voted now inejury voiea. The jurors were not inclined to talk but one of them said: ' 0n tne fir8t tal,ot we John Sharp srwl disrt?arde the conspiracy, theory. On this PEARS Keiffers PLUMS Abundance APPLES Yates Yate Apple U the great Southern Winter Ay,le. fcveilfer Pears and Abundanca Flums tha great money makers. Laod must b cleared aod will aeil at cna- half pnt wbil they kt. JOHN same ballot we stood six for guil ty of murder in the first degree with mitigating circumstances, five for murder in the second de gree with 20 years, the maximum penalty and one for acquittal. The ballots all day Wednesday and Thursday showed the same result Yesterday the man who votted for acquittal came over to murder in the second degree but demanded that only 10 years be assessed. The rest of us did not deem ten years as anything like adequate, so we disagreed again. Of course, all this refers to the Coopers, not Sharp, whom, we had acquitted. "Early this morning the man who was holding out for 10 years agreed to 20 years and the six who were voting for a first de gree verdict agreed to this vcrv diet" While the jurors would not say who the man was who held out for acquittal, it is known from remarks over-heard by the deputies that he was S. J. Hyde. John Sharp hurried to the court house when ne heard of the verdict and was soon closet ed with the defendants and their counsel. Mrs. Sharp was in court whn the jury reported and comforted the two dauhters of Colonel Cooper with her pres ence and sympathy. Several other faithful girl friends were with them during the ordeal and accompanied them to the room of the defendants where they awaited the arrival of bondsmen. The first to arrive was John J. Greener, who signed for $10,000 on each bond. Several others had been sent for and telephoned that they would come as quickly j''tr,r"0 " "rould hrinf tv""yi. Parmer arrived and signed for the balance. "I wjll sign for a million for these men." he remarked. Others signed later. There will be no further pro ceedings in the case for about a week. Irrata Housaholdar Task Shot at Nt qt: Raleigh Pinjmtch, ' Mrs. Frank Wilson, wife of a well known restaurant keeper here stirred a considerable sen sation by going with a 38-calibre , 4t i urn n 1 . 'evo' v io lecture v in urowuer, colored, the husband of her faith ful cook who had come to her in tsars to 6ay that Crowder had whipped her terribly during the night. Mrs. Wilson found the cruel husband at the tenement with W. I Sanderford, a second hand furniture dealer with whom he was negotiating for a sale of the furniture to break up house keeping. She proceeded to send the dea'er way .n dou,b,e quik l'me ne """S auerwarus fhat .e never saw such careless ! handling of a weapon, and then he lectured the negro loundly "W1 climax with s hot at h'm 43 he ran off at ' f P S,he he ered , her impudently. It seems that ... ,. ia Qn fi,- erty of the wife, the negro Crow der having very recently come in from a service of several months on the county roads for retailing. gap A. YOUNG, (Jrren&Wo. N. C.
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