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NOELL BROS, Proprietors. HOf-IE FlhST: ABROAD TJE2IT 01.00 Per Year in Advanco. Vol: XIII. ROXBQRO, NORTH CAROLINA, . Wednesday Evening, : April 21, 1897. - No. 32. INSURANCE RATE REDUCED. THE RATE ON FARM PROPER- TY OUT DOWN. The Bill Introduced by C61. John S. Cuning-ham The insurance Men Are Making a Big Kick. ' - There was one good law passed by the late uc lamented Legislature.; It is a law reducing - the rate of insur- anee on farm property. . Surely some good ha? at lat cTine. out of Naza reth. , . ' - . ' V, The bill was introduced by Col. J: S- Cuniugham, a Democrat of Person county, and was one of the last laws enacted. 'Heretofore - the farmers have been paying $1..50 per , $100; on frame shingle-. roof dwellings. Now they will have to pay only $1. The rate for metal-roof dwellings has been 85 cents; it is now . 75 cents. Barns and stables have -: been 2 per cent.-; they now go down to 1: per cent., when writteD in connection with a dwelling." , . ' This means much for the farmers of North Carolina. It will result in say ing to them thousands of dollars a year. By this new: law insurance rates on country "property are simply put back where they were five : or six years ago. when through the insur ance .trust the Southeastern Tariff Association they were advanced from 25 to 50 per cent.; and : without aay apparent cause except th power of a monopolyto dictate terms. ., Col. John S." Cuniigham. ...membpr . iiitvi- rrOTff.s .Jut xr.rjtrerson countv. - . I J - : ' ' " which is 'on t h e Virginia line .rgot- through this btll on the last day of the recent session of 'the legislature. It makes it il legal. ! to charge h igher rates of insurance on farm property in this State thanjs charged in' the State of Virginia on the same class of property. The. act isT as J fol lows. - -: , - r . v . , " " t 4That all.fire comparjies in North Carolina and doing 'business ; in i his State shall not charge a higer rate on farm property than is charged in the State of Virginia. .-That any compa ny violating this Act shall ; be fined $100, and ; will be l taxed ; with the costs." - - : ' '- Col. Cuniugham gave as a reason for the passage of the law that he, in cooraott with' hundreds of other farmers in the State, owned certain dwellings on which he is charged $1. 50, and on his :barns ; and stables at same place 2 per cent' on the. $100. Just across the A irginia line, and in sight of the first property he'has oth er buildings on which he. is charged a lower rate, being 1 per cent' t on dwellings and If percent on barns and stables. This appeared unreasonable to the Legislature, and it passed . the bill, as above quoted. "C" ' V- Tliis Act, however, as was to be ex pected, has raised a great clamor and protest from : the -insurance people, and they declare that they can no longer do business in North Carolina; that the' rate would be ruinous. They say that there - are four established sets of rates in Virginia and applying to different sections - of the State which have been recognized to be un der different conditions. Up the val ley section the lowest set of rates ob tain,' viz: , On dwellings; 50 cents on the $1C0 and f per cent on barns and stables; in the Southern section and embrac ing the counties of Mecklenburg and Halifax, the rates,-are 1 per cent on dwelling and If on bams and sta bles. - ' ' . ' , 4 The Southeastern Tariff Associa tion of Atlanta declared at once that it would be impossible to do business in North Carolina if it was expected to continue insuring farm property at the minimum rates obtaining in the most favored parts of Virginia. It .haw every called a meeting of the Ex ecutive Committee, held on April 1, and instructed thesecretary to send a circular to companies composing the" Association, quoting Jhe "new- .North Carolina law, stating , the minimum iates on farm property in Virginia, and leaving it with the companies as to whether they will write this class , ; -. ...... ,., : ...... ,, .1 , . . ....... ui uusiness unaer the ,nrovisinn nf thepuninghavn bill. - This construed the law to mean that only, the lowest rates obtained on this class of p ro'per 'ty in any part of Virginia, shall be collected in North Carolina. . In accordance with this 'action "of the committee, President W, S. Primrose, of the .NTorth ... Carolina Home Insurance' Compan y , m h ich , though not'a uiember of the Associa tion, conf 6rms ;-its rules '.and -i r ites; wrote a letter toh is company's attor ney, Mr. R. T, Gray, stating the facts and asking' for a legal-' opinion 'as: to the interpretation of the law! , Replying to this request, Mr. Gray , 'My. opinion is that a charge by insurance companies doing busiuess in this gtate, of a rate of insurance for farm property equal to: maximum rate in the State of Virginia for insiir ance of the same 'class of property, win ijul ue a violation or tne .Act . in cue question. to my minu, this is liberal construction x)f the Act - and when, in addition, the 'evil intended to be remedied7 by; the Act (to wit, the difference in rates in the two States immediately along the border line), tended to allow as much to be charged in the counties o f 1 his ;S fate as is charged in adjacent" counties in Virginia. '-I am of -the,, opinion also. tuat ine term, ;iarm- property' in eludes dwellings' on the farm.1' v - Accepting this np nion as the true inteipretatiou of ths law, Mi. -Prim rose has advised his agents to make contracts accordingly. He lias also .written to the Southern Tariff i Asso cloncJoT'tJrei tiSgTUTTthe falruxtli encase, ; giv ing reasons why -the ' Association should continue, to do business in North Carolina under the "new law. He feels certain that the association will take the same view of the matter. r-News and Observer. -, r . ' The Alliances hat are alive are still passing resolutions denouncing: the Populists: who - voted for Prich ard. In Edgecombe" it was resolved that wev do hereby denounce and condemn in unmeasured terms, the action of those Populists who bolted the caccus nominee of their party for Senator, thereby betraying the high trust reposed in them, and we are gratified to know that those' traitors have been expelled from the party." Raleigh News and Observer- Mr. Butler's, Bill For Nash and . - Davidson Monuments; U --: WASHINGTON", ; April . 19. Senator B utler to day introduced two bills providing for the erection '. of two monuments to. the memory of Gen. Francis Nash and William Lee ! -Day. idson. ,The monuments are to be erected near Charlotte. The bill car" ris an appropriation of $10,000, $5,000 for each monument. :The bill passed last sepsionr but failed to get consid ation in the House. v ; ; - Virginia College in Luck. , Rockfort, Til., April 19. The will of Judge B. R. Heldon, former mem ber of the Supreme 'Court,' was pro bated to-day. x He leaves an estate of over $300,000, and among the bequest is $100,000 to. his Alma . Matter,' Wil liams' "college, and : $100,000 to the Hampton, Virginia, Institute-. v A Damage of Millions. - VlCKSBURG April 17. The Biggsle yee,'in Madison , parish, broke -this morning and is now one bnndred and fifty If eet wide: ; A - gang of convicts were put to ' work strengthening it, but there efforts we :e in vain. It is feared the damage .will run into the millions ; ''- 4 . Thousands At Grant's Tomb.: New YORK, April 1& Pedestrians, carriages and bicyclists thronged Riverside drive to-day, andit s esti mated that over a hundred thousand people visited Grant's tomb. To Vote On Treaty May The 5th. Washington, April 19 The Sen ate has agreed to vote on the arbi tration treaty on the 5th of May, at 4 o'clock. . -V - . - -. ' . . 1 . . GREECE ACCEPTS WAR, FIERCE FIGHTING ALL ALONG THE FRONTIER. . All OSicial' Communication . be tween Turkey and Greece is now Out off All Greeks Asked to ,ReT turn to Greece.' v" Island Corfu April 19. Greek troops are advancing on Fillipiada, Northwest ofArta, a detachment of eight hundred Greok 'troops . are in readiness to land. v- Peryesa. is almost completely destroyed by the bonib- bafdment of, the Greek, fleet.' Many other forts are reduced to, ashes. . ; Niiv York, April 19. The latest news from the levant is that , war is ra gi ug all along. the Grecio-Turkish frontier from Mount Olympus near tlV gulf of Salonica across the border of the gUlf of, Arta in the Ionian Sea and that the'fhrhting is severe- every: , 1 - r ... where. . - v - Coxtsantinople, April tig.The Porte has handed :hif passports to Prince Mavrocordato, the Greek Mm" ister to Turkey, together with a note annouiicing the breaking off of diplo matic relations between the two gov ernments and the recall of Assim Bey and the Turkish Consuls. ' It invites Prince Mavrocordato and all , Greek Consuls on'Turkish teritory to quit the confines, of the empire, giving th Greeks subjects fifteen daysr tiotice. Prince Mavrocodato will leave Tuesr day by the Austrian mail bpat. -' .' . i. ".;'.'." ...-.. ". . " i' " '-i - . Athens, Greece, April 19. -Greece has accepted Turkey declaration orAwfcat arethw properties -of heat, wag ThA fifPAt .-gjin isjet or-i -feofef-1 stantinople and -the Greek ' Consuls have been ordered to v quit Turkish territory. -For trie same reason: the Turkish consuls in Greece have been recalled to , Constantinople. All Greek subjects have'beenv notified by Greece to leave Turkish territoiy.: Ot tonian subjBCts now on Greek -terfi- tory- have been invited to leave it within the same period. : '-; ', SaIjONICo, April 19. The. Turkish torpedo boat has sunk - the v Greek steamer Atlrens in the Gulf of Saloni Ca. . - ; On board were insurgents and mem bers of various secret societies in large numbers., - , "-- A general panic prevails here. ' ? - The Turks have .seized the Greek steamer-Kephaleion.; - - : . . - i n.' Greeks Gain anTIntrace. , . Larissa, ' April;' 19, 5 P. M. The Greeks have defeated the Turks at Reveni, and two . Greek brigades have entered . Turkish Territory ' in different directions and penetrated to D.amazi, northeasr of Zarkos. The Greeks report that the .Turks lost' 7000, killed and wounded," at Re veni; but this estimate is probably excessive. r , - - ; - : The Raleigh Asylum. Col. Olds says in. his correspond ence: u y 1 . l "when the Raleigh Hospital for the insane had only 280 inmates -it was given $52,500; annually .This year $60,000 was Tasked for on a ..basis of 400 patients at $150 each, but only $55,000 was apropriated. As a . result Dr. Kirby says that only half - the number of applicants for admission can be received. It will require some special financiering to equip for; use the male annex, .which in six weeks is to be complete. - :: Another Greenville Fire.. Gbeenville, C, April 19. At 2 oclock Sunday morning fire was discovered' in the furniture; stores: of Mr. Ownes. He occupied two stores in one of 'the new brick block -that were built since the big fire of ' last year, - 'Both stores and hisj entire stock were totally destroyed. Ad joining stores on each eide were bad ly damaged.;The firemen did hero ic work in saving adjoining proper ty. " ' Hunter to Withdraw. - Frankfort, Ky., April ;19- It is announced this morning that Hunter will withdraw from the Senatorial contest by Wednesday. Chairman Jones has arranged to call a new Re publican Caucus to-morrow. IT SET HIM GRAZY. "It is a great r.ity about: him. ; I never thonsrht he had far to go, but its a pity, nevertheless, that he should have lost his mind," iemarked Pri vate John Allen at Chamberlain s. Bunch . . McBee, ex-Senator - Butler and a number of others were in- the crowd. " Tom Reed joined it just- in time to catch -that last observation. ""Who's that, John? .V asked ;the biff . speaker. - ' V" - "Why," haven't you heard? 1 Sterl- mg Morton. xou:Know tne ienow who gave!us alL our trouble - about seeds'. , " - ' ' ' . ' ,4'Ho, you don't; tell me?" eiacu lated " Reed, with-' his true ' vankee twansr.;. "What was the matter?" ' 'fThe trouble--why,- it all grows out, of bis fondness for mathematics," replied the.-Tupelo -Statesman with eat solemnity.-. Yon see he's been trying to figure out- the difference between Cleveland; denressiou and McKinley - prosperity !: : He had it out to several hundred decimals in trying to find a . difference and then V w . : t . r, ; : V "Oh, John, you shouldn't- say a thing' like that in my., presence," re sponded the oig republican leader. An exp ressio n "of dee p , pai u 1 igh ted up His features;-, then he went" off by himself andt took a long . glass. Washington Oor.;AtIantaOonsti tui tion. , , S , ' ' ' - r.; The 'Properties of Heat. . Teacher (to class in philosophy)- :Willie---The properties of ; heat are to .bake, cook ahd roast ' : - .- - Teacher Stop--next. . What are the properties of heat.' J. .j John Properties - of heat ;is that expands bodies, ,w hile cold con tra cts .them"; ; . ; e ! Teacher Very - good. Can you give me an example? v . , . , ; .John Yps, sir. 1 In summer," when it is very hot, the day " is long; . in winter, when it is cold, it gets : to be very short. v 1 ' Tb Spite Their Parents. f - - ; Two young, sons of a Mr. Hereon, living at Greenlaud; five, miles south of. Fayette vi lie, aged nine' an d fifteen vears committed suicide while their parents were at;:Eaye.tteVille.;- trading.' The, boys were, angry because they were left at home, and both , took : . a bath, dressed intheir; best ; clothes, wrote notes to their parents, pinned them on the door, took? strychnine and went to.bed. . Both died before the parents returned home. . The note left bade the parents' goodby and expresseu the - hope that they would meet , in heaven. Constitu tion.1 While a marriag ceremeny was be ; ins performed near Danville, Va., a kerosene lamp named up and was about to explore when the bride seiz ed it and hurled it through awindow. The groom then came out from under the. table, where he had hidden, and the ceremony proceeded. .. :; An Affldavit. ; , ' s - , This is to certity that on May 11th I walked to Melick's drug store on a 1 pair of crutches and bought a bottle o t u ham periai ns rai n isaim : ior . in flammatdry rheumatism which ' had crippled me up. ' After using three bottles I am completely cured. I can cheerfully recommend it.Chas. H. Wetzel, Sunbury, Pa. ; . "Sworn and subscribed to before me ,on ' August 10, 1894 Walter Ship man, J ; i. tFor sale by Drug gists. ' - ' . V ' ' Tt is said that Miss' York, the beau tiful Texas girl, who was arrested for running' an illicit ' distillery, has re ceived no less thhn fifty off ers of mar riage since her bond was signed by a chivalrous community. ?. Two hundred people recently left Wasnington county, Va., to make their homes in South Carolina, and it is said that others will follow them. The best news ever told world was that God is love. in thi it l i x . . j . J I n t .- -v far J fej. ,Celebratedfpr its great leavening strength and.healttifulness. Assures the food nsrainst alum and all forms" jof adulteration common to' the cheap' brands. . Royal Baking .Powder - Co., New York.. Roses have begun to" bloom-here. It is regarded as extraordinarily ear ly; ; vv Gov. Russell's correspondence is sa heavy he thinks of employing another secretarv. . - - "J . ' ' ;" " 1 J ( ttTtZ CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS.- Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druesists. : IT! 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