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THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER: MARCH 7, 1899 that I work. ,m:er h ------ J.M put the applicant to S3U .M Viq onnlirftnt. thnt h0.e was nothing in my department do boyond scrubbing ftnd sweeping poliihin?, he would go back to his fh 'ker' and say I had ineuited him. T e3 i would receive a not8 from the Jih cfli32r of 8tate or Party saying it 3 absurd to offer So-and-so scrub. vinz and sweeping to do why, he be. n2el to one 01 ma uas& lamiues in vrolu- reply icai u it was in&iasea teat , v,nnld take the young man, I would , gC; ;here would bo absolutely noth z f0r him to do, I would point out, but I could see that he got his wages -..,iiKrlv. It wag in that manner that of pay r0a bame overburdened." STATS HEWS. Meters. J. W. and S. O. Wilson get back pay at regular rates for services p since suspension about f 2.800 each. Juige Brown has decided against ijormtendent Day in his contest for rte position of Superintendent of the n,;tnriirv. The case now goes to tC"-v J the Sapreme Court THE INTERNATIONAL. COMPANY. SILVER Th's Company embracing all the leading silver ware factories of this country has recently been completed. They claim that they will be able to pave about as follows Sales rooms and clerks $275,000 salaries or Commercial Trav elers 225.000 Traveling expences of Com mercial Traveler?, 325 000 Draftsmen designers etc., 375 000 Advertising, 150 000 the enemy while they control it. Ba it known that it is our Fort and right fully belongs to the people, for the peo ple are sovereign; but we have been driven out of this strong hold and it is in possession of the enemy ; the non producers. By a scheme called gold standard, or gold and silver standard little matter which they limit the LEGISLATIVEJHOGEEDHIGS. Forty fourth Day Feb. 23. House Continued from last week.) Council offered an amendment to alter the word "may" in section 34, to "shall," so as to require the county commissioners to grant license. He said "may" was an ambiguous word, Mr. Connor wanted to know if it was I rule, perfectly safe to follow its Bug not taking from the people in one way 1 gestions. He said it had sought intel- and then mitt in c the money back in I ligently new obiBCtsof taxation. He volume eo as to control the prices of and gave the county commissioners too Total per annum, $1,350,000 These people combine and run their business on business principles. Will our tillers of the eoil, our main pro ducers of wealth ever learn wisdom and pool their interests like other peo pie? It seems that they might if they would. BUSINESS NOTICES. What adds more to the joy of life than a nice new buggy or carriage? Don't say you can't afford to buy a new one. Perhaps you can't afford to buy one from your dealer, for he must pay a profit to traveling salesmen, wholesale dealers, and himself, etc , the workers products and by another accursed scheme called interest they manage to make the workers pay usury at impoverishing rates for the use of money. Looking again a little to the right of Fort Money on an eminence we see an other Castle called Pualic Traneporta tion. Here again the enemy, non- producars, are in complete control and great power; that the possibility o getting license ought not to be held out and then such arbitrary power o! re fusal given the county commissioners. Carroll took strong ground against Council's amendment, saying the word "may" had been the safety of the peo another. He asked whether the rail road commif sion would not take into consideration this tsx in making its assessments. Mr. Thompson said yes. Mr. Connor, there said that the valua tion would therefore be reduced. He said the 8tate was seeking to get lower rates on the railroads. Mr. Willard said that in Wisconsin, with an, ad mirable railroad commission, a license tax is levied on railroads and the rate is 4 per cent, on groa3 earnings, and that it proposes to raise all its State tax for railroads. Mr. Willard said fVio rriftfhor rnnfl ritrht down to a QUeS- pie of Alamance; that the county com whether the railroads were able to pay this tax without any increase . ji ii a. ri misaioners are a court ana inai wjuu cill'8 amendment, making the word do by a Echeme of things known as stocks ft certain thing even m the face of evi and bonds wnicn represent ownersnip decca Coimcil 8aid he was entirely of railways, ship, boat, telegraph, tele willing t0 8trike out an the prerr quis phone lines, etc., from all of which they jtea to obtaining license. He said the manage to absorb form the producers nommiionerB wouid have the power products, sure pi oflts and also usury to mvticrate the DroDriety of grant for money they have invested in such - with the word saaii ' . I O IDUlgS. I HfcTrona aiH in unmfi mimtisfl the COm in taxation. He said that very prob ably the objection to this tax is that it is a percentage tax, instead of a lump sum. Mr. Willard asked whether the you to abide by it. -r n,Ut- nnf. fn ho imnnaA(1 whether I YOU made It in V J w - -Er regretted to be compelled to enter an objection to this new feature of the revenue act, but that he took this step after calm reflection. He declared that not a vote should be cast for such a tax. Last June, July and August there was restless fear on the part of the Democratic leaders as to whether the great organizations of capital would contribute to the campaign fund. These railroads answered the appeal to them for aid in the noblest manner, and sprang to the aid of white "su premacy." The Democratic party made pledges to the corporations, he said. "This is one question on which every Democratic member here is pledged. And I do stand here to day and ask T-J I U. Tee Democratic caucus r naay uiguu etc But you can buy direct from the decided upon Sam L. Rogers ot Macon, manufacturer and save these profits. franklin McNeill of New Hanover, ana 2 C F ;ddingfleld, cf Wake to com pose the new Corporation Commission that succeeds the RiilroadCommiesion. muel L Patterson of Caldwell was Write the Elkhart Carriage and Har neas Manufacturing Company, E kharr, Ind., or the Columbus Carriage and Harness Company, Columbus, O , and be convinced. Tnis new method of the lucky candidate for Commissioner deaiing direct with consumer and sav- . i. .... . n. of Agriculture. i log middleman s profits is proving Looking again to the right of this castle on another eminence we see Fort Taxation in complete control of theeaemy,for non-producers have sue ceeded by legislation in having bonds stocks, money and vast accumulations of wealth pay the small part of reve nue while producers pay by far the ; greater part oi taxation, and this bur den, if once seen in its true light would hasten the intelligent workers of America to open rebellion. Then we may 1 )ok still farther out misaiouers planted themselves on the "may." and refused to grant any license, saying that no applicants were of good moral character. Patterson, of Robeson, said that was exactly what the commissioners of his county did say and that the Supreme Court de cided in the commissioners' favor." "Holman said he hoped Council's amendment would be voted down. "Carr,of Duplin,said its commission ers had refused to grant license; that F.re at Charlotte last Thursday dc- justly popular. fmtPd the Southern Riilway freight The advantages to the consumer are along the enemies' battle line and see blind tigers. e ft rntton compress the joint I almost bevond estimate. Ho cets bet-1 heights capped with facts and castles I 4Council's amendment wa3 then put ruuki - - i - . i the railroads were making anything or not. Mr. Willard said the railroads pay tax on assessed value of $32,000,000, while their property is capitalized at $120.000 000. Mr. Holman said this Y , tax was a new departure but had been well considered. Mr. Craig took ground against this tax on railroaos, saying he would not vote for it; that it was in violation of the principles of government. At 2:30 the committee rose and the House adjourned the question undecided. At the night session the following bills nassed third reading: To extend the time for the settlement of taxes in the hour of need last summer. You made it in the hour of darkness. I beg you now to keep it. "You say this promise to corpora tions ought not to have been made. How miny men would h'ave stood upon the stump and said this? "This pleJge made no matter how or where, is just such a pledge as every honest man ought to make to an hon est man. "It is the pledge that brought you here and brought me here." Willard, in support of the bill, said it seemed impossible to contend with such oratory, and he alluded to the "glittering generalities and oratorical pyrotecnics" of Craig and Winston, e dep it had no dispensary and mighty few Martin ; to encourage education among I eaying the former played on a harp of f v.o m aqbpq hv nrnvidinsr that the State I s-na of lin nf Willard a Aid it was ritrht property of the Southern and S2aboard ter goods; better and larger selection; all manned frc m the same little, but to a vote and lost, only half a dozen Treagurer ehan duplicate subscriptions and j.jgt to levy a special privilege tax Riilroads, a largo storage warehouse, better styles and finish and finally he very brilliant, army of non producers, votes being cast for it. The result was public schools in amounts of not oa Dr0perty which eE joys special and thousand bales or cotton inienutuDuy8 at a mucti more equitable and ad i-ney are kuuwu us oho x y greetea Dy iouu appiauao v o le83 thaD Qr mDrQ than 25; t0 aUow monODoliatic privileges. He said Con rt to rgiana ana uauiau,, vantageous price in aeanng witn tnese vuuiumo, oiauumu o, r ana gantry, uviuft Bba4.- Rutherford county to levy a special nor aud Wiuston were in error in say Sugar Trust, Fort tfanK uomoine, ter, among tne laoies." etc , etc. There was debate on section 35, tax It will be seen that all these strong ing lawyers and physicians and den holds claim to belong to the people and tista 5. But it was finally adopted, to be operated in the intereet of the Section 36, imposing a graduated people of free America. This is not franchise tax on railroad capital stock, true. They belong to rings and cliques was adopted. trated catalogues, which they will take and clanj of very few people who have The tax on undertakers was reduced pleasure in mailing to all our readers became eminently rich by selfish from $25 to tlO on Carroll's motion. ffHrt rpiinpflfc it Jiiot drnn ft nnstftl to I scneminsr comDinaiious aisuiiiHt me iu i oacuon ou, imujamK mo uct AithPr nr hnth mmianisfl and Btate that I terests of the people. I uated tax on gro33 earnings leur for expo 6ni several hundred tons of commer cial fertilizers. The loss was about all M a Kv m V I2C0.COO, almCSt IUliy CJtreu y u guracce. The taking of depositions in the con tested election case ot D.ckery vs. Ballmy of tbe Sixth Congreseional Dis trie; has begun. A Wilmimton cor respondent of the lUleigh Post says: "I is the general impression here that, whi'.e the takin; of this testimony is ostensibly to unseat Bellamy, it is also foi the purpose incidentally of collect ing evidence on which to indict certain citizens in connection with the race riots of "November. There are nearly a hundred witnesses to examine, and the hearing may consume eeveral days." people there is no risk to as sume as they ship either vehicles or harness anywhere for examination and guarantee every article they manu facturo and sell. Then too, one may deal satisfactorily from any distance. Bnh companies publish extended illus- of rail- you were requested Progressive Farmer. to do so by The Again it will be seen that the Ameri I roads was adopted without any altera- nan flat "Old ainrv " floats over every I tion. tax to pay debt; to allow Forsyth tojDg that railroads were singled out; levy a special tax to pay for court tnat telegraph companies paid taxes on house (Carter and Lowry, of Forsyth, their property, and also an income or voting no); to regulate the sale of liquor privilege tex He said that Connor, in Macon and provide for a dispensary ; Craig and Winston said it was un to allow Greensboro to issue bonds; to Democratic to tax railroads, and regultito the time of holding Superior wanted to know why they did not use Courts in certain counties in the that argument as to the tax on tele Tsvelfch district (in Clay, Macon, graph and telephone companies. He Cherokee, Graham and Swain) ; to 8aid they appeared to think more of allow Ltacaln county to levy a special railroads than of other interests. Always mention The Progressive Farmer when writing. advertisers. HOW SHARPER THAN A PENI'S THANKS " SER- Unier this caption Chas. F. Lummis, editor cf th6 Land of Sunshine maga zine cf L?s ADgelea, California, writ ing in nis department "Ihe Lion's Den," has the following satire, which, if it be eornewhat exaggerated and let us hope for the sake of our national honor and the moral welfare of the people that eo it may prove to be still is worth reading and pondering. Self ishness, taking oa the pomp and cir cumstantial form of militarism, leads far afidd. The virus of aggrandize nent who may tell what; strange moral diseases it may not develop? Let us read and have a care. We quote: Xjs only republics but their veriest shadows eeem to be ungrateful. Noth ing CwUld be more disgusting than the base ingratituie of the Cubans and rlipin:e. Didn't we go to war to give libtrty to the oppressed? And now whit no the oppressed mean by hold-in-; up their hands and saying, Please, rna'drn I'd like my liberty'' D.dn't the stupids understand that 'liberty,' meant. merely a swapping of mas;ers? Couldn't they 'savvy' that when we deal in humanity we expect them to pay the freighi? Were they fond enough to fancy that a 'republic' dDesn's know 'a good thing' just as well as any land grabbing monarchy does? "Within five years we shall be fight ing these wretched ingrates, and for the same reason that Spain did-that th?y will not yield to authority. They were noble patriots to resist SpaniEh laws; but when they risi3t American law-ahl We ehall rule them as we have never once failed to rule the weaker ; and they will like it as well as mi,, iniona Viavo dnnfi. And wo shall have the same competent method to make them take their medicine. They will go the way of the aborigine. Bat our commerce will fatten on the soil we shall have irrigated with their rctei blocd." The slaughter of email game goes on. Friday, between here and Goldsboro, a man killed in china-berry trees in his yard 4S0 robins. These birds he brought here in bags and sold. Another man killed 310 in a day. Col. Od's Correspondence. A law should be passed to prohibit this. Can you look the label of you paper fquarely in the facet If you cannot it is because your subscription remains unpaid. FARMER'S TRUSTS. Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer. Tnis week I read with interest the article entitled "A Cotton Growers' Tru3t," in the Farmer of February 14 'h, by "M." I wish he had gigen us hia name with address. That article is nothing to be afraid of. It makes one thrust that goes clear to the bottom of our industrial trouble. While the writer appears willing to engage in a cotton trust as a kind of dernier ressort, yet he plainly sees inai icq reuiouy would only be a salve to soothe for a little bit the cancerous ulcer that i? eating the vitals of all industry. The drift of his article, if I understand ir, is to ehow that a "money famine" id the ailment and that plenty of money will cure the disease, and then, "hard times will vanish from our shores." Brother M , it will be seen that you and "Common S3nse," of Concord and I have the same end in view, for we m . a - confront the enemy, avarice; mat is the part of capital that is in the hands of Eelfi3h and avaricious persons who want more and more and are combin ing their forces to get it regardless' of right and ju3tice toward their working neighbors. Now I am going to stand up beside you both and "draw my bow at a venture," sending an arrow hisaing into the ranks of the enemy. WTe ehall eee whose shot hits the king, if any one of these forts and castles to signify loyalty to Liberty and that they are the people's strong holds. This is a bold impudent lie. These Forts do, constitutionally be long to the people but the great mass of industrial workers bave been driven out by rich clans who are now tax; to allow Ashe county to levy a Ronflhan aaid he had a full knowl- . . ,1 anofial tax: to establish graded schools I , - this niieofinn on1 wrmlrf f id- The tax on telegraph telephone ana ' wQii.foftiin w euK express companies is fixed at 2 per csnt. on groes receipts in tne oiaie. Countie?, sections and towns are not allowed to levy any additional tax, license or fee except ad valorem tax. Auctioneers pay $15 tax in towns of over 12,000; bicycle agents, $10; rent $15; butchers, $7 50; wood at Lexington and waynesviue; to anow it matter of revenue. He Shelby to issue bonds; to allow Tar- -d h did not think it fair in Win- boro to iseue bonds for electric lights, I 8ton tQ argUQ that there was a pledge waterworks, and se erage. Other less important bills passed. SENATE. Forty fifth Day Feb. 24 by the Democratic State Chairman to the railroads which was bin ding. Allen, of Wayne, said that the State Chair man said he had made no pledge save that in the platform and the hand book in full possesion and by combinations collector, $15 ; butcaer, v w , wooo Bia d t0 allow Hs,wood and . "V " "T nd all other in legation have implanted princi- and .coal dealer,, W; WB which press not less inai auu.uuu uhbh, flOO: cotton factories in citie3 of over legislati Dies of imperialism in as dangerous and far more subtle form than was done by Emperors and Nobles (?) of antiquity. The great masses of industrial people are naturally from interest and neces sity at enmity with the occupation of their strongholds for liberty by proud selfishness and avarice. They right fully constitute an enemy whose prin ciples against such combinations is one, but whose votes are millions. Therefore, our going into a cotton, corn, wheat or ether Trust, ia simply throwing down our own armor of truth and justice and robing ourselves with thft pnfimv'a Eelfish avarice. In it we shall soon be found out and not having the right garment on, wa shall be kicked out of God's employ. As we have had one severe lesson of that kind, if we have any sense left, it is time we should stop all such de ceptive work. Just so with regard to abundance of money by free coinage of silver or mm A m 1,2(0, $15; marriage licenses are fi each. There was strong opposition by Mr. Carroll to section 71, which provides for the indictment and prosecution of delinquent tax-payers. Mr. Carroll said that this gave power to imprison for debt. The committee, at Mr. Hoi man's suggestion agreed to pass over section 71 for the present. Mr. Carroll wanted to strike out the section, say ing he had made his campaign on it; that it was a fusion provision and odious. Mr. Allen, of Wayne, onerea an amendment to strike out schedule "A" taxes, this covering poll or prop erty taxes. This was satisfactory to Mr. Carroll. Another amendment adopted provides that the sheriff can report delinquents to Superior as well as Criminal courts. Mr. Julian, as the reading cf the bill was finished, made a motion to recon sider the vote by which a graduated fft-r nn rftilrnada' erosa earnings was i uuco ... . . .a I TV inoroaeA nnr vnllimfi Of mOnfiV. First I asfe; will aDunuauuo ui - money satisfy selfish avarice, and leave without change g the policy from the money Bauaiy bc . nrpsent aeerecative to a distributive enough besiaea to give vuo pewo fcwv r , . Hmpa9 No! abundance oi money, alone, w marts wrnn because avarice tomles3 pit and the entire products oi all industry will not satisfy it. Again 1 selfish combinations; an pools, trusts and combines are selfish against capital or labor, is only ngnt any other way so long as money castle &r&eA t0. He offered an amendment is in the hands of the enemy who ma tQ atrike out an the sections which im nipulate money, quality and uses, in poged the ta3C- He said it was a double their own interest, to suit themselves. 1 1 M petree took that view. Mr. Willard, defending the tax, said it was I not a double tax ; that it was constitu tional. Mr. Petree asked Mr. Willard what the tax would raise, and Mr. svstsm would, in my view, be filling 11 only be the open door to up the castle with more money, for the willard replied between $60,000 and l hiMe avarice is a bot robbers and gamblers to get away $75.0C0. Mr. Julian asked if the tax with, and they will surely ao it, db cause they are more completely in control and better entrenched in money castle than they were in 1867. Brother let ua agree on financial s. 1 -lL nn4 inai-oo I .v.intinioa that: will nnt money in all its I property mgino uevn w.- - --:r-"-A'.a - trftl nf rn.hpA He said it was proper for . A I L . . . . ftW na I U T I 7MU Ml. llDDIIIlIllKN I I I 111 r I .jljlij LlUbLJ WSUW V 1 & VVW m-mmm a .n;n irea rr h nannio whrft sorv&nt it rightfully I the railroad commission to niS Own v luiux. , ouw r ,1 . z -:i-a :n on nncmifti cmmo I ia and then when we storm and re tne- cmpa " f. OQ roo mrpitr Bhft favnrf,d the amendment. Mr. Julian we nlaved on nis gamonug "uio. puoceu v,OOMv, - 7 1: . . , ..u.i Thia whMA troublous matter is a con there will be deception nor M not viald over jur. Willard said the gross earnings last year were $11 OCO.O00. H9 said that the franchises were valuable. Mr. Allen said it is held that a franchise is and is taxable, just as the roper for value the frnnnhiflpn fts nartof the property. He establish a dispeneary at Lexington; to regulate the sale of liquor in Macon county and to provide for a dispensary ; to allow commissioners of Gates county to issue bonds. The time honored custom of giving the pages $5 in addition to their per diom of $ 1 came up in the form of a resolution signed by 33 members of the Sorate. Senators Hick?, Smith and D an iels made eloquent speeches against the passage of the resolution and over half an hour was consumed in discuss ing the falsity of the principle involved, Senator Daniels even going so far as to produce a $5 gold piece, which, he said, he would give to the pages but was un willing to expend the State's money aa a bonus to them. Finally, by a roll- call vote of 29 aye3 to 11 noes, it was decided that the $5 should be given to the boys. As trustees of the University. Kemp P. Battle, C. M. Stedman, F. H. Bus bee, H. C. Wall, Bennehan uameron, James S. Manning, John W, Fries, R. M Farman, W. A. Guthrie, Thes. 8. Kenan, R. H. Liwis, J. A. Lockhart, of Anson; James D. Murphy, 8. L. Patterson, Fred Phillips, John A. Roebling, Henry Well, W. T. Whit sett, E. J Hale, Chas. M. Cooke, T. J. Jerome, H. E Faison, T B. Pierce, James Sprunt, L J Picot, Joseph P. Caldwell, H. A. London, Frank Wil trinaon. E R. Outlaw, were nominated by Winston and were elected without opposition At the night session bills paf ssd to give Madison county another term of Rnnprinr Court: to authorize Halifax to issue bonds and levy a special tax to abolish the criminal circuit com Dosed of Haywood, Henderson, Madi son and McDowell; to allow Duplin to levy a special tax. The bill to give Charlotte a dispens rftfarrfld to in the "State News" . j 1 yt a.: a - a.z nnnfonhnn 1 VioH marl an arttRIO OI tne UOnSUtUUUU, v. w " r I , j m v igiu&iv v w -- .1 . . i iii I " ji r 1.1 innnma ton rie taTWi I . . ... i A.inniT0a oa rn mnar unn.il riH nrnvinmir luuii uj iuwuio v-- v i . . l. - rni D.AnsaiTra h3 rmnf flict between getting ones ureuu uuu amuug uuiw" .... . aeparimBflkUi iuoitu6cooio wealth by work, on one side, and get done. wnenaiaiHiffl' astweektWa3ttlen taken up (8 o'clock) weauauy wwa, u;t .u .nAnf I v.;Vi tVi inrrm ii derived. He I . fin(, nnpfl bread and wealth witnout More money coidbu wuuo mo icocu., UUui nuJW . I See editorial tnis wee. work on the other side. Let us illus system of .legislation that promotes, said that if the rauroau .property w work on the otner siue. If. hna anrv And otheP means not nrooerly valued let the railroad frcta It HV tWO UrilllCO wu.M. pHA,o, j I m . . ii IA From our side looking Mr. Allen said over at tne I of aggregation exists, ia umy puunuB wuiujkdiuu iv.v ... I 00 . ... . I . ... . a. 1.U a nnf moil 11 n . enemy we see the array presented. water in the river of accumulation tnat ne aia not mean y - -enemy we see we . a y v oroduced wealth away from constitutional. Mr. Thompson, of Ons- Money, asja. wru-..j - r. - T -- JL, v. h oqm h wanted these creat 1UTT. OUiVA ' - HOUSE. At 11 o'clock the House resolved it self into committee of the whole on the hill and took up again the jk w v -- 1 - ' amendment of Julian to etrike out sec is the drains the produced wealth away from constitutional. . .i n Afkora Ih npft-1 nf money and other principles I u not more tnau uujr 1 . ; - - T fulness should permeate every avenue puonsnea a - ir, roTTPntin in North I the finance committee and paid the Carolina. Mr. Thompson eaid it waa. I latter a tribute, adding it was, as a had in the x1 armor 01 January of our industrial, financial, commercial 11th, 1698 and see if you mainly agree and revenue business. with them. vaxu.. So money ia the "Mono Castle," of Mica, N. Q, February 165b, 1899. corporations ehall receive equal justice and equal treatment. He discussed the development of railroad taxation, and said the net income of the railroads in the State is 10 per cent, on the value assessed by the railroad commission, and that railroads are escaping their just amount of taxation. Rountree asked if the principle of taxation of gross income was fair to a struggling road. Bouehall said that if net income was taxed none would be given in by the railroads. Gattis asked Boushall if the same rate of taxation as levied last year would yield as much tax now. He wanted to know if there was not $100,- 000 in the State Treasury, uousnau said it was only apparently there. Thompson, of Onslow, said there was not enough to pay the debts of the penitentiary. Willard eaid it would take $75,000 of the $100,000 to pay the expenses of this legislature. Alexander asked if railroads did not have $115,000,000 invested in North Carolina. Thompson, of Oaslow, said the cost of the railroads was $88,000, 000. Willard said the railroads paid i. per cent, on $99,000,000, and 12 per cent, on $32,000,000, the assessed value. At 12:30 the committee rose. The House elected M. O. Sherrill State Librarian. At the night session bills parsed : To establish a dispensary at Clinton; to make complete the act to prevent the sale of mis branded and adulterated foods; to allow Salisbury to issue elec tric light and waterworks bonds; to extend the stock law in Robeson county; to validate all stock law elec tions heretofore held in Johneton county, and to give its commissioners control of all stock law territory, to allow Beaufort county to ieeue bonds, and levy special tax; to allow Nash county to levy special tax; to give Cross Creek township, Cumberland county, the stock law ; to allow Ala mance county to issue $100,000 of road improvement bonds; to allow Tyrrell to levy special tax; to allow Mecklen burg county to issue $100,000 of road Improvement bonds; to allow High Point to issue bonds; to establish graded schools at Washington ; to allow Rocky Mount to issue waterworks bonds; to allow Hyde to levy a special tax; to allow Camden county to levy tax. continued on pags 6.