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-2 - v: t 6 IS r3 iiMriiiiiiiiiiii ;f ADVERTISING t!i TO BUSINESS -WHAT STEAM IS TO- Machinery, That Gkeai Propellin- Power. THAT CLASS OF READERS THAT YOU Wish your Advertisement TO REACH is the class who read this pa-jer. PEQPESSIONAL. D r. w. o. Mcdowell, Office North corner New Hotel, Main Street, Scotland Neck, N. C. Always at his office when not professionally engaged eisewnere. D R. A. C. LIVERMON, FFiCE-Over J. S. Bowers & Co s store, l-va: o to 1 o'clock : 2 to &.mct; iitjino j'""1 - a o'clock, p. m. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. AVID BELL, Attorney at Law, ENFIELD, N. C. nil the Courts of Hali . j .,i;;r,mir ommties and m tne ax aim aujv"'"'& -----innromft and Federal Courts. Claims Collected in all parts of the State. Y a dun' A TT ORXE Y-A T-L A W. . Vr.np X" P! 11 QUOJ.U.VM.' r-jv, .... . M Practices wherever his services are required. R. W. J. WARD, Surgeon Dentist, EXFIELD, N. C. Ibffice over Harrison's Druf Store. CDWARD L. TRAVIS, Attorney and Connselor at Law, HALIFAX, N. C. Money Loaned on Farm Lands. OWARD ALSTON, Attorney-at-Law, HALIFAX, N. C. R. C. A. WHITEHEAD, DENTAL Surgeon, Tarboro, N. C. ECOTLAND NECK STEAM ME WORKS Mottksixg Goods a .Specialty t price list. Address Scotland Neck Steam Dyeing Co. !4-lv Scotland Neck N. C VIXG INCREASED MY FAC1L- TIES 1 AM NOW PREPARED TO FURNISH DOUBLE QUANTITY OF BRICK. JptfAlso will take contract to "furnish iota liora 50,000 or more anywhere within 50 miles of Scotland Neck at ways iurnish what.9 want. Correspond- jB and orders solicited. f-95-ly Scotland Neck, N. C. mestios this paper. Lac evans, GENERAL CARPENTER, specialty of Bracket and Scroll k of all kinds. Work done cheap every piece guaranteed. SCOTLAND &wr V n. OHN SKIPWITH, OT and SHOE-MAKER. Groceries kj?D CONFECTIONERIES'. Door North of Stern', Main St. t Scotland Neck. N. C. BRICK HJ 1 E. E. HILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. Trnr. New Series Vol. 1. THE LEGISLATURE. A CONDENSED REPORT OF What the Law-makers are Doing. NINETEENTH DAY, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27. Senate. The members of the 8enate went to Chapel Hill in a body to attend the inauguration of President Alder man, and held a short session at 8 o'clock, p. m., but transacted no busi ness. House. Upon returning from the University the house met in session at 8 o'clock, p. m. A bill was introduced by Mr. Lusk to authorize the governor to appoint female notaries public. The following passed third reading : Resolution asking congress to rebuild the United States arsenal at Fayette- ville. The bill to amend the section of the code relating to appeals from assign ments of widows' years support. The bill to amend the lynch law came up. it increases tne pains ana penal ties for those who break into prison bouses for the purpose of lynching. Mr. Sutton, of Cumberland, said the section providing that the county shall be responsible to the amount of $50,000 to representatives of persons lynched had been stricken out by the comnit tee. The bill was advocated .by Mr. Sutton and by Peace (colored) of Vance The latter said there could be no objec tion to this law if there was no objec tion to the present law. Mr. Sen ul ken said he thought the present law amply sufficient, ana thought the bill had a look of danger to be passed now so precipitately. A motion to table was about to be put when Mr. Hancock called for the aye3 and noes, and the roll was called, with the following result ayes, 27 ; noes 36 ; the motion to table being lost. The bill was put on its passage, pass ed the second reading, and the third reading being objected to by Mr. Mc Kenzie, Speaker Hileman refused to ecognize him, and Mr. Hancock mov ed to suspend the rules. Mr. Lusk declared the rules could be suspended by a majority, and the speaker, putting the vote to the house, deaf to all speakers, declared it paased without having ascertained whether it. had been passed according to the rules or not. Mr. McKenzie rose to a point of or der, reading rule No. 10, declaring that no rule could be suspended without a majority of the members elected to the legislature. Mr. Lusk made a point of order that McKenzie was out ot order, and Mc Kenzie was ordered down, but rose gain and moved ior reconsideration of the vote by which the motion to sus pend the rules was carried. Mr. Hancock moved to table and McKenzie demanded the ayes and noes. The vote resulted ayes, 46 ; noes, 34. Mr. McKenzie made the point that motion to table a motion to reconsid er a motion to suspend tne rules re quired a two-thirds vote. Mr. Mcltary said the motion to table was out of order, and that, therefore, the whole talk was out of order. Mr. Hancorsk moved to adjourn. Mr. McKenzie said that as the oppo sition were licked they ought to stand up and take their medicine like men. Mr. Hancock said they never got whipped on his side, and insisted on his adjournment motion. Speaker Hileman ruled against the rule of the house read by Mr. McKenzie and declared the house adjourned. TWENTIETH DAY, THURSDAY, JAN. 28. Senate. Bills and resolutions were introduced as follows : By Senator Alexander, repealing the purcnase tax so as to prevent paying tax twice on the same goods. By Senator Clark, to repeal act re quiring thirty days' notice before en acting a private liquor prohibitory law. By Senator Clark, to prohibit free passes, so that no public officer or per son elected to public office shall direct ly or indirectly ask, demand, receive or consent to receive a free pass or trans portation or any franking privileges of railroads, telegraph or telephone com panies. By Senator Clark, to levy a special tax to build a bridge over Roanoke river, in Halifax and Northampton counties. By Senator Henderson, to establish the dispensary law in Vance county. By Senator Alexander, to incorporate the Colored People's Benevolent and Relief Association. By Senator Ramsay, in fayor ot liv every stable proprietors, giving them the right to hold stock until board is paid. The unfinished business was taken up, being the bill to amend the divorce law. An amendment was offered by Sena tor Anthony, to make general tbe law which was enacted in 1895 to benefit COMMOT SCOTLAND one person in Wayne county. Senator Butler offered a substitute to repeal tbe entire law. Senator Abell tooK ground in favor of the amendment, saying there was no danger of North Carolina becoming a Dakota or Oklahoma as no foreigner bad come to this state seeking divorce since the law had been in effect. Senator Butler's substitute passed second reading. ' Senator Abell offered as an amend ment to the substitute, "That both par ties to any action, when divorce has been granted under the provisions of chapter 77, acts 1895. he and they are hereby permitted to marry again during the lifetime of the other party." A roll call was demanded and sus tained ayes, 38 ; noes 5. Senator Abell offered an amendment to the substitute of Senator Butler "That chapter 277, acts 1895, which is repealed by this act, remain in force with respect to all action heretofore begun under its provisions and now pend'ng in the courts of this state adopted, ayes, 35 ; noes, 6. Thereupon Senator Butler's substi tute passed its third reading. It repeals the act of 1895 relating to divorce for two years' desertion, but gives the parties who have heretofore secured divorce the right to marry again. House. Among the bills introduced was one by Mr. Drew to punish wife beaters, providing that justices ot the peace who try such persons shall sum mon a jury of six taxpayers and that if convicted the offender shall receive thirty-nine lashes for the first offense, with ten additional for each subsequent offense, and that he shall also pay all costs. The bill of Mr. Sutton, of Cumber land, to provide better protection for rail and ship passengers was taken up. It was unfavorably reported by the judiciary committee. There was also a minority report in favor of the bill. It clothed railway officials with full power to make arrests of persons who commit any offense or behave improperly on trains; tnat companies shall be liable for all d tmaftes to baggage or freight ; that railways shall be liable for dama ges to any passenger who has paid fare for any failure to make connection ac cording to their published schedules, and it shall be presumed that such negligence is due to the company's negligence, any violation of this act to be a misdemeanor, punishable by fine or imprisonment. Mr. Cunningham offered an amend ment striking out all of tbe bill save that part regarding damage to baggage. Mr. Schulken said he favored the bill. McCrary said it was a dangerous, an archical bill, and that it was understood Schulken was "aga'nst anything which had railroad in it." Mr. Schulken replied that he thanked God he was so, and Mr. McRary said he thanked God he was not. Mr. Sutton, of Cumberland, spoke in support ot the bill, saying it was greatly needed. Mr. Duffy opposed it. Mr. Sutton demanded the yeas and nays upon the adoption of the minority report. The vote was ayes, 42 ; noes, 52. This brought tbe bill before the House. Mr. Hancock offered an amendment striking out the section allowing dam ages for failure to make connections, and this was accepted by Mr. Sutton. Tne bill as amended then passed its second and third readings. Its text is now as follows : "All railway and steamboat companies doing business in this state shall he required to handle with ; care all baggage and freight placed with them for transportation, and they shall be liable in damages for any and all injuries to baggage or freight of persons from,,, whom they bave collected fare or charged freight, while the same is under their control, and upon proof of injury to baggage or freight in possession or under control of any such company it shall be pre sumed that the injury was caused by the negligent acts of such company's agents or servants." Mr. Hancock introduced a bill to re store to the state control and manage ment of the Atlantic and North Caro lina railway and a bill to allow Graven county commissioners to hold an elec tion to build bridges across Trent and Npuse rivers, and if the people vote in favor of the measure to allow an issue of $25,000 in bonds and to levy a special tax to pay these not to exceed 15 cents on the $100. The bill regarding the At lantic and North Carolina railway pro vides that whenever it shall be made to appear to the Governor's satisfaction that the state's proxy or tbe directors on the part ot tbe state have been in any way unfaithful or negligent in the discharge of their duties to the state or have allowed any act to be done to impair the righto of the state as a ma jority of the stockholdere , whether said CONTlllUED OK SECOND FAGEl "EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1897. THE GOLDEN AGE. IT IS SURELY COMING. Some Rambling Thoughts. BY "NEMO. (Copyrighted.) (These are read "Thoughts," by a layman, in five hundred thousand homes, scattered in every State of the Union. In this county they will be found week by week in tbe columns of this paper only, as we have made ar rangements with the author for their exclusive publication.) A sub-soil plow, a harrow, a roller, and a cultivator are all good things in tbeir proper place and time ; but there are soil3 in which the deeper you go the more you impoverish your farm. and there are stages in plant growth when the use of a roller or any other implement is agricultural suicide. Because these are facts maintainable against all argument, and because so many hundreds of thousands of my readers are farmers, I wish to make these out-of-door truths the starting point for another "Rambling Thought." ; Humanity has from time immemo rial been likened to a field, a vineyard Jbc., wherein laborers need to plow and to harrow, to reap and to garner. And the call to thrust in as the field is white unto harvest has always found increas ing response since the moment when man first began to understand that the claims of his neighbor are urgent upon him the moment-" his own absolute needs have been attended to. But enthusiasm in relation to good work has to be combined with common- sense ; it certainly must not be ahead of it ; or we shall find ourselves embark ed in another fateful Children's Crusade, like that of the middle ages. Enthu siasm alone will sink into helplessness, ust as with the rearing and straining of a mired horse. To make amply clear my meaning I will go a little further. There is hardly a community in which you will fail to find men and women, working for the benefit of their race rom the purest motives at the outset. But in almost as many communities ou will find lines of effort crossing and re-crossing one another, bo eager be comes the straining after etatistical pre eminence so many garments made, so many hungry fed, so many souls saved, ife"., that the real object of the hu manizing work, the reaching of human hearts, is almost lost t-J sight in the rush. Then, here and there some extra enthusiastic one instead of trying, or pretending to try, to water where others have planted, starts his unswerving plow or his drastic harrow right over the growing crops and standing sheaves of others ; excusing himself by asserting that tbeir methods have -been wrong. bus he not only undoes the work of others but he wastes bis own strength, by doing at an improper time, a thing essentially proper m its own time and place. So while our voices should undoubt edly be raised in strength these closing years of the century, for freedom for all to work a3 they will, Wisdom being justified of her children ; there is equal need for securing a certain unity of effort, so a to economize the moral strength of a neighborhood. Eagerness to work is not alone sufficient, else we would praise the child that pulls up corn to see it grow, or that tears open a drum to see where the sound comes from. The human race, looking back ward can truly say, "when I was a child I thought as a child ;" but it is not yet able to say, "when I became a man, I put away childish things." If it could, we should see less pettiness, indirect ness, and fctupidity among those who claim to be children of Light, and yet grope in the selfish, narrqw stages of human development. What then shall be said to your heart this week ? You need i n deep h u m 1I1 ty to acknowledge to yourself that the stone age has passed, when every m,ui's enemy was tbe y?ry next man he hap pened to meet; that the iron age is passing, when men learn the power of combination but use it for oppression ; that the Goldeu Age is coming, when the co-operation of those who loye, ior the benefit of those who suffer must be the rule. If it be true that as a man thinks in his heart, so is he ; then you will promptly be found ready to sink individual gain and fame, readjr to forego the praise ot men, ready to seek the greatest good for the greatest num ber even it your own personality be comes merged in tbe common effort. Would it not be of ad vantage to form in your town what shall I name it? a "Get-Together" society : Its mem bership to be male up of those who in divers ways are working for tlie upliit of tbe race : Its function to e a sort gwn? A T :" of clearing-house of ideas, where thoe who work give to others the benefits of their experience, thus economizing the btrengtb that is now wasled ar.d the damage that is done by those who la boriously work out plans for themselves that Others havn nlrantlv fiftfll ni!t v learned. ou will say perhaps, that this is not feasible, because each worker will be on the watch against giving advantage to any one eke. You may be right, but if you are, you are voic ing the deepest protest that fallen hu nlanity can raise against the workers for good. The poor object of their so hcitous attention is pulled one way and then the other until he cries out ' would rather go one way wrong, than travel twenty different ways to be right." If the ability to combine which has been auch a notable discov- every among men, a discovery that has led him upward from caves in the earth to our present highly organized civili- z::uon, 11, I say, this anility is to stop short when it comes to moral effort, it were almost better that it had remained undiscovered. But I am persuaded better things. It is not for nothing that we are passing through our little day on earth All nature is vocal of the value of com bination, and of growth by combina tion ; all history proclaims it; and all heights of moral power and accomplish" ment are possible by means of it. The continuitv of life in nature assures us la no uncertain wav of the continuity ol effort ours yours. Then, human fellow, begin to think and to prepare lor the generations yet to, come, who will look for blessings from'your hands just as rightfully as you enjoy the blessings that come from those before you whom you can not even name. Self Raliancs in IncL Dsvslopmsnt. ,1 Greeaaboro Record. There are many public spirited men who magnify so much importance of inducing capital from abroad to come and ssttle among us that they forget that there are any other me ins of in dustrial progress. Foreign capital ought certainly to find always a wel come whenever it comes to us ; but there can be no doubt that we fj end much time trying to induce this sort of immigration which could be spent much more profitably in making the best of what wa have. We attach un dae importance to the advantages of imported capital. North Carolina is making remarkable progress, but there is hardly a progressive community in the State which is not indebted far moie to the thrift and enterprise of lis own people than to any amount of wealth which may have been brought to it from the outside. A study of the progress of the man ufacturing centers of the State will show that in almost every case, with perhaps one exception, the growth has been gradual, from smalt beginnings, and the result of the application ot native talent and native capital to na tive materials. It would be difficult to find more strik ing examples of industrial devel opement than are furnished by our own StateJn a neighboring county on one of itssmaller water courses,there stands an insignificant frame cotton mill which has perhaps as interesting a history as any building in North Carolina.- It was the first cotton mill built in that county and one of the first in the State From profits which can be traced direct ly or indirectly to that little plant, there have been buile in that county more thau a dozen of the best equipped cotton mills ia the South, and out of this modest beginning thare has grown up there a manufacturing industry rep resenting uot less than four millions of dollars. This is not an isolated case There are other similar instances which could be cited. We do not want to ba misunderstood. It becomes us to be hospitable and when foreign capital peeks invest ment here it should never fail to find a cordial welcome. The point we have endeavored to make is this : Much time i3 thrown away and not a little money is thrown away in the effort to persuade foreign capital to come in. Some communities seem to have no other hope or ambition than to induce outsiders to bring their money in, and they forget that they have capacities themselves, and they overlook their own resources, and lose their opportu nities while they wait for others to come and do what they should go to work and do for themselves. If a community has.any special in ducement to the investment of outside capital, the best way to advertise its advantages is to lead the wav in devel oping any lingsf business for which it has a special f&ness. Let it make a success of this ad the financial world is sure to findft out. Capital seeks profit and it needs no argument or per suasion where it finds native industries growing and prospering. Tbe hum of industry ia an invitation which capital seldom fails to beed. For the greatest progress in Industrial development, our greatest need is self reliance. .. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $x.oo. NO. 7 AN ILLUSTRATION. RUNNING- WILD. Taste not, Touch not, Handle not. Elizabeth E. Robb in Ram's Horn. The following is published by re quest of the superintendent of press work, W. C. T. U.. of Weldon : A locomotive engine stood upon the railroad track, with every part of its iant frame prepared for work. How line a thing of life it seemed, with its nerves and sinews of qaivering steel readv to vibrate in response to the touch of a master hand. Its fiery eye shot impatient glances down the track as though it were restive under theim posed restraint ot waiting. The engineer, whistling softly to himself passed here and there on his work of inspection. Nothing escaped his vigilant eye, in all the movements of cranks and pins and piston working smoothly, the steam coming out in hot breaths from the migty lungs was at the proper gauge, and everything in perfect order. As he buttoned his coat about him, preparatory to mount ing his seat, he remarked to the fire man, "Jim let's have a drink !" Within a stone's throw ot the track was a saloon, warmth, a row of shining bottles which suggested "something to keep the cold out," and the music of a violin making it all the more .inviting to men who were about to start on cold and lonely journey. The two men quickly crossed the track opened the door ot the saloon, and and it closed behind them. But as it shut the back door opened, and anoth- man went out a poor miserable bloat ed old sot, whose bler eyes looked out from beneath a mass of tangled, un combed gray hair. As with unsteady steps he shambled down the bank to the railroad track and approached the engine, he saw that there was no one in the cab, he climbed up, put his shak ing hand on the throttle, and pulled it wide open. It was only a minute's work, only one pull, and the engine, like a fright ened steed, dashed down the track and out ot sight. What a fearful thing it was when "running wild !" This smooth, shin ing beautiful creature, which but a mo ment before stood quietly waiting for its legitimate work was now like a fiend unchained, as it spurned the track with wild noisy feet. Shall I tell how the frightened on lookers gazed after the "wild engine" in speechless horror ? How strong men grevy'nd women wept and wrung their hands. As it Hew past a telegraph station, tbe operator kuowing that the express train would come thundering along in ten minutes, sent a hasty message over the w ire to the conauctor ; "Engine 36 running wild. Side track." Down, down, down the grade, sped 1 the messsenger of destruction ; faster 011 its errand of death ! Like a meteor shot through space, leaving a shower of burning sparks in its path, on it sped ever gaining fresh impetus as it rushed down the steep hillsides and across the peaceful valley. . Hissing in glee, on, on, it flew ! A sharp snap as rod after rod gave way under the fierce strain of the rapid rotation of the driv ing wheels! A glimpse of a white-! haggard face in the cab only a glimpse, and it was gone ! White-lipped men, holding their watch es in their hands, whispered, "O, God ! will they meit on the bridge?" Oh, for a telescopic view of the train m which were loved ones, all unconscious of danger, while the death angel flap ped his dark wings so near ! And now, on the still, evening air, clear and istinct, sounds the whittle ol the doomed train. Scarce had its echo ceased reverberating among the hills when the crash cam The wild engine had done its work, and the turbid waters of the ri ver open ed their floodgates and swallowed up a score of victims ; while as many more, crushed and mangled and bleeding, moaned their lives away before another night came. Who was to blame for this bloody sacrifice to the monster, Appetite ; for the quick frightful pangs of dissolu tion ; for the slow and awful waiting for death that lingered ; Tor the agony of hearts that broke in homes made ready for joyful meetings? First of all, you who permit death to he dealt out over thousands of coun ters ; you whose voice has authority to command the trafhic to cease in a day ; you who have knelt before the god of wealth till its yellow glitter has blind el you to tbe beseeching eyes that im plore you to spei'.k the word that will not only cut short your earthly reve nues, but, as an offset, would reduce expenditures for crime and disaster. If you knew that you, or those dear er to you than yourself, were tomorrow to-be ground down by the "wild en gine," the fearful force of an unbridled strength, , would . you hesitate to use I your power to protect yourself" Andj who will quiver beneath tbe wheels? - j IF YOU ARE HUSTLER i'OU WlM. ADVERTISE YOUR Business. 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