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Aland Xeck, North Carolina end in Your Subscription to Commonwealth. Don't wait Ve called upon. ti:-.-7 ,. IJ'j t: r Fails to P.ec'.oro Gray; L,r Hri. to i ycuttriil Color, i j5 !.B. JoseyCo V. L J TIIE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. A Summary of Legislative Proceedings During toe Past Week. senate. Saturday, January 23rd Owing to the absence of more than half its members, the Senate held no session. Only twenty-five members were in their seats, whereas, twenty-six are required for a quorum. house. Mr. Harshaw's joint resolution for adjourfTment of both Houses Feb. 20th, of which he gave notice yester day, was taken up immediately after the Regular order had been disposed of in the lower branch and upon its reading a motion by Mr. Morton tc refer this bill to the Committee on Rules was carried. A bill was introduced by Repre sentative Conner to provide for equipment and maintenance of the East Carolina Training Schools. SENATE. Monday, January 25th In the Senate Mr. Blow introduced a bill carrying an appropriation of $50,000 for the completion and equipment, and ?.n appropriation of $25,000 per year for maintenance, of the East Carolina Training School. The bill embodies the recommendation of the executive committee of the school, composed of ex-Governor T. J. Jar vis, State Superintendent J. Y. Joy- ner and State Senator Y. T. Ormond. house. In the House yesterday Mr. Mor ton, of New Hanover, introduced a bill to allow local option in his coun ty, repealing the State prohibition law so far as it relates to New Han over. The introduction of the bill s did not come as a surprise as it had been understood that Mr Morton would present the matter to the Legislature. It was referred to the Committee on Regulation of the Li quor Traffic, which is composed of Mr. Rodwell. chairman, and Messrs. Turlington, Julian, Morton Albrit ton, Bowie, Myatt, Gaston, Dowd, Latham, Hanes, Pitt, Freeman and Livingston. A petition was presented by tvoonce from citizens of Onslow county, White Oak Township, asking rhat the prohibition law be so amend ed as to allow the farmers to sell vvine of their own make in quantities of one quart or less. Representative Kitchin introduced a bill to repeal the laws of 1903-'05, relative to posting certain lands and waters in Halifax county. A resolution was introduced by Grant to declare vacant the seat of E. T. Scarboro, a representative from Wake county. (Resolution cites that the Consti tution forbids the holding by any one person two offices of trust or profit, to be eligible to a seat in the Legislature, or any one holding a po sition of trust or profit as an officer of the United States, and that E. T. Scarboro, now a Representative, is postofficer at Eagle Rock, Wake county, is ineligible to a seat.) Re ferred to Committee on Federal Re lations. SENATE. Tuesday, January 26th A mes sage was received from the Govern or transmitting the report and re commendations of the State insur ance Commissioner. The report stated that the amount of revenue to the State from this department is now $225,000 per annum, and that it increases from $10,000 to $12,000 each year. The collections for the fiscal year ill amount to more than $230,000. The Senate enjoyed its first real debate, the discussion being on the bill by Mr. Empie to prevent the sale of quail within the State of North Carolina for a period of two years. Mr. Burton offered an amendment providing that no one except the owner or lessee of the land shall be allowed to kill more than fifty quail in any one year. Mr. Godwin offered an amendment to prevent the killing of quail within two years in the State of North Carolina. Mr. Dockery introduced a bill to give the people power to name their candidates for office. (State Primary Law.) house. A petition was presented by Mr. Kitchin from the citizens of Halifax for amendment of game laws. A bill was introduced by Mr. Cox, j of Wake, to give the power to name their candidates for office. SENATE. Wednesday, January 27th The Senate passed the bill to allow the Superior Court Judges $100.00 per j week extra compensation for holding special terms of Court. LIFE. The following composite poem L; taken from The Scrap Book. It is a mosaic of quotations, as will be seen, including lines from Shakes peare, Milton, Dryden, and many other poets. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour? Life's a short summer man is but a flower. By turns we catch the fatal breath a id die; The cradle and the tomb, atlas, how nigh ! To be is better far than not to be, Though all man's life may seem a tragedy; But light cares speak when mighty griefs are dumb, The bottom is but shallow whence they come. Thy fate is the common fate of all; Unmingled joys no man befall; Nature to each allots his proper sphere, Fortune makes folly her peculiar cave; Custom does not reason overrule, And throw a cruel sunshine on a fool. Live well; how long or short permit to heaven. They who forgive most shall be most forgiven. Sin may be clasped so close we cannot see its face, Vile intercourse where virtue has no place; Then keep each passion down, howe-. er dear, Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear! Her sensual snares let faithless Pleasure lay, With craft and skill to ruin and betray; Soar not too high to fall, but stoop to rise; We masters grow of all that we dispose. Oh, then, renounce that impious self-esteem; Riches have wings and grandeur is a dream. Think not ambition wise because 'tis brave, The paths of glory le?id but to the grave; What is ambition? 'Tis a glorious cheat, Only destructive to the brave and great. What's all the gaudy glitter of a crown? The way to bliss lies not on beds of down. How long we live, not years, but actions tell; That man lives twice who lives the first life well. Make, then, while ye may, your God your friend, Whom Christians worship, yet not comprehend. The trust that's given guard, and to yourself be just, For live we how we may, yet die we must The Senate bill to amend chapter 40, of section 1872 of the Revisal, in reference to hunting, providing that the non-resident child or parent of a resident of this State, shall be al lowed to hunt on the lands of the resident if accompanied by the own- make the word "failure" spell suc er passed its final reading and was cess. ordered sent to the House, The Senate Committee will report the Solicitors' bill favorably. HOUSE. The House of Representatives, which passed Tuesday, on its second reading, the bill to fix the salary of solicitors at $2,500, much to the sur pise of many.f ailed to pass the billon its final reading. This does not mean that the bill is dead, however, as the Senate Judiciary Committee will re commend to the Senate the passage o the Blow--Ormond bill, which fixes the solicitors' salaries at $2,500 each. The bill to amend the charter of Scotland Neck, so as to include more territory on its Eastern limits, pass ed its final reading. SENATE. Thursday, January 28th The bill to promote the draining of wet, swamp and overflowed lands, passed its second reading. There are a few amendments to this biil that will be considered, but no fear is entertain ed as to its successful adoption. The bill provides for leveling, ditch ing and draining of such lands, the establishment of drainage districts, and for the assessment and collection of the cost of the work of reclaiming wet, swamp and overflowed lands. The Empie bill to prevent the sell- ing of quail or gruose within the! State lor a period of twTo years pass ed its second reading, after several amendments had been defeated. Mr. Peele offered an amendment providing that no person shall kill more than fifteen qual in one day and the possession of more than fif teen dead quail shall be prima facie evidence of the possessor thereof -1 having violated this act. Mr. Spence objected to the third reading of the bili and with the Peele amendment it went over till today. The bill to increase the salary of the State Libarian from $600 to $900 passed its final reading. HOUSE. The House amended the Senate bill fixing the salary of the Commission er of Labor and Printing at $2,500 by reducing it to $2,000, an increase of $500 per annum over the present compensation of that State officer. The bill will now go to the Senate for concurrence in the House amend ment. A petition was presented from cit izens of Onslow asking that James Saunders, colored, be placed on the pension roll. This is the first application ever filed to place a negro on the Confed erate pension roll. This man is 77 years old and went through the en tire four years of the Civil War. Continued on Page Two. Encouraging. The Suitor: Johnny, your parlor clock is an hour fast. The Kid Brother: I know it, but don't tell sister. The Suitor: Why not? The Kid Brother: Because she 1 thinks you don't know it. Cleveland Leader. I -Young. -Dr. Johnson. -Pope. -Prior. -Sewell. -Spencer. -Daniel. -Raleigh . -Longfellow. -Southwell. -Congreve. -Churchill. -Rochester. -Armstrong. -Milton. -Bailey. -French. -Somerville. -Thompson. -Bryon. -Smollett. -Crabbe. -Massinger. -Crowley. -Beattie. -Cow per. -Davenant. -Grav. -Willis. -Addison. -Dr3rden. -Quarles. -Watkins. -Herrick. -William Mason. -Hill. -Dana. -Shakespeare. Ten Business GomnisiuSinants. 1. Thou shalt not wait for some thing to turn up, but shall pull off thy coat and go to work that thou mayest prosper in thy affairs and 2. Thou shalt not be content to go about thy business looking like a bum, for thou shouldest know that the personal appearance is better than a letter of recommendation. 3. Thou shalt not try to make I excuses nor shalt thou say to those who chide thee, "I didn't hink." 4. Thou shalt not wait to be told what thou shalt do, for thus may thy days be long in the job which fortune hath given thee. 5. Thou shalt not fail to maintain thine own integrity, nor shalt thou be guilty of anything that will lessen thy good respect for thyself. 6. Thou shalt not covet the other fellow's job, nor his salary, nor the position which he hath gained by his own labor. 7. Thou shalt not fail to live within thy income, nor shalt thou contract any debts when thou canst not see thy way clear to pay them. 8. Thou shalt not fail to blow thine own horn, for he who is afraid to blow his own horn at the proper occasion findeth nobody ready to blow it for him. Thou shalt not hesitate to say "No"' when thou meanest "No," nor shalt thou fail to remember that there are occasions when it is unsafe to bind thyself by hasty judgment. 10. Thou shalt give every man a Square Deal. This is the last and great commandment, and, there is no other like unto it. Upon this commandment dependeth all the law and the profits of the business world. Exchange. EMs on Wireless Townr. Washington, Jan. 28. The Navy Department to-day opened bids for locating a wireless tower at Wash ington for communicating with ships at :;ea. The specifications require that the tower or station shall be ca pable of transmitting messages at all times and at all seasons to a ra dius of 3,000 miles in any navigable direction from Washington. The messages are not to be interrupted by atmospheric disturbances or in terference by neighboring stations. At ihe same time the department asked for bids fo two sets of ap partus to be installed on naval ves sels to be capable of transmitting and receiving messages at all times, seasons and latitudes, to and from a distance of 1,000 miles.andto receive messages from the Washington sta tion at a distance of 3,000 miles at all times. Seven firms submitted proposals. The most satisfactory of these, ac cording to the officials, was the Na tional Electric Signaling Company.of Pittsburg, which offered to furnish apparatus and tower for $182,000. Washington ence Cave up to three doctors; was kept in bed for five weeks. Blood poison from a spid er's bite caused large, deep sores to cover bis leg. The doctors failed, then ! "Jiucklen's Arnica Salve completely 1 Tl II'.. .1. J. cured inc. writes Jonn w asningiun, Gf Bosoueville, Tex. For eczema, boils, burns and piles its supreme. 25c. at E. T. Whitehead Company's; MATTERS OF GENERAL INTEREST. What is Transpiring in North Carolina and Oilier States. The Supreme Court of the United States has rendered a decision which affirmed the action of Texas in im posing a heavy fine on the Texas branch of the Standard Oil trust, and appointing a receiver for that trust. This decision is one of far reaching importance and value.hold ing, as it does, that it is the power of the State to deal with the trust evil. Another decision of paramount importance was also rendered in the Supreme Court of the United States in regard to the New York 80-cent gas case. The decision of the Cour t holds that the 80-cent law was all right if it left the gas company six per cent profit,- thus holding that a State can fix the rate a public cor poration shall charge, which rate must be accepted so long as six per cent can be earned on actual value. In North Carolina, the seven crops of corn, wheat, hay, tobacco, oats, Irish potatoes and rye, had a value in 1D0S of $08,253,000. The quantity produced from each ofthe.se crops, and the value obtained therefor was as follows: Crops Corn Wheat Oats Potatoes Rye Bushels 50,10(3,000 5,680,000 3,300,000 1,975,000 125,000 Amt. Obt. $39,031,000 6,078,000 2,079,000 1,521,000 122,000 The tobacco crop amounted to 134,000,000, whose value was $14, 070,000, the hay crop amounted to 262,000 tons, valued at $3,537,0u0. There was a notable increase in the corn, wheat and potatoxrops of 190S over those of 1907. The legislative committee that was appointed bv the General As sembly of 1907, has examined the offices of the State Treasurer, State Auditor and Insurance Commission er and has completed its work and transmitted its report to the Gener al Assembly. The Committee criti cised severely a number of condi tions in the different departments, especially in the department of in surance. In the investigation of this department, an expert account ant was called in, with the result that the report shows that no cash book had been kept or accurate records of receipt and disbursements or bal ances on hand at any time during period of investigation, running back to December, 1906. The report declares that while the investigation disclosed no dishonesty the system of book-keeping is inadequate, does not properly represent accounts, and urges that a set of double entry books be installed. The committee excepts to a large number of vouchers approved by the Council of State and paid by the Treasurer under statutes that have no application to claims audited. One is monthly vouchers for servant hire at the Governor's mansion, $30 a month payment, since 1885, being made under an act that merely pro vided for house rent dur ing the time the present mansion was incomplete. No objection is made to the State paying the servant hire but the act of paying without authority is con demned. For the last few days President Roosevelt has been in communication with the Governor of California, and has brought all bis influence to bear to prevent the California legislature from passing bills designed to pre vent the Japanese holding land and being directors in corporations, and for the purpose of segregating their children in the public schools. The President believes that such legisla tion is unwise, and wiil revive the hostility of a year or two ago that existed between the United States and Japan, The North Carolina Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis held its convention in Charlotte last week, January 26th. The doctors entered with zeal and earnestness into the discussion of tuberculosis, and were heartily in favor of waging a vigor ous war against the "great white plague." It was brought out in the discussion that about five hundred and fifty-eight people die daily of this disease in the United States.and that North Carolina shares only too fullv in the proportion. The "North Carolina Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis"does not consist entirely of doctors; many of the citizens of the State go to make up its membership. Wonder ful and beneficial results can be ob tained, and much good wrought, if the people of our State will band themselves together, and exert intel ligent and united efforts to forestall this dread disease. WBlM ful &&) active e?:L7 yet , I It is economy to use Royal Baking Powder. Ii saves labor, health cvd money. Where the best food is required no other baking powder or leavening agent can take the place or do ihs work cf Royal Baking Powder. Nobility. True worth is being, not seeming, In doing each day that goes by Some little good, not in the dream ing Of great things to do by and by. For whatever men say in blindness And spite of the fancies of youth, There's nothing so kingly as kind ness And nothing so royal as truth. We get back our mete as we meas ure Wc cannot do wrong and feel right, Nor can we give pain and feel pleas ure, For justice avenges each slight. The air for the wing of the sparrow, The bush for the robin and wren, But always the path that is narrow And straight for the children of men. 'Tis not in the pages of story The heart of its ills to beguile. Though he who makes courtship to glory Gives all that he hath for her smile, For when from her heights he has won her Alas, it is only to prove That nothing's so sacred as honor And nothing so loyal as love! We cannot make bargains for blisses, Nor catch them, like fishes.in nets, And sometimes the thing our life misses Helps more than the thing which it gets, For good lieth not in pursuing, Nor gaining of great nor of small, But just in the doing, and doing As we would be done by, is all. Through envy, through malice, through hating Against the world, early and l ite, No jot of our courage abating Our part is to work and to wait. And slight is the sting of his trouble Whose winnings are less than his worth. Fur he who is honest is noble, Whatever his fortunes or birth. Alice Carey. ChMzed Poverty. Barbarism has no horrors so hor rible as the bestial squalor and sheer misery of civilized poverty. Poverty is a great evil in any state, but the world has not known any poverty so foul, so brutal and so utterly loath some as the poverty of the city slum, the sweating den, the pawnshow and the gin palace. Clarion. MaKing More Money Out of Cottora Crops is merely a question of using enough of the right kind of fertilizers. Virg' i tki a C ar ol i na Fertilizers are the right kind. The cotton plant cannot feed on barren land. Study your soil. Find out what it lacks. Then apply the necessary fertilization &nd the results will surprise ycu. See what Mr. W. C. Hays of Smith St&tio.t, Ala., did. He says: "I planted about 30 acres of some xy randy lar.d' fnst had Letn in cultivation for ov;r 20 years, and us' d SCO pounds cf Virrinia-Carc-liria Fertilizers per acre, and I expect to rA?- JO bales from the SO acres." This is why we say ii is the right kind. We hfevu hundreds of letters like this, and even s'.roriG?r, i i praiss cf Virgini--Caroiina Fertilizer for cotton. Get a copy of the new 1909 Virginia-Carolina Farmers' Year Book from your fertilizer dealer, or write cur nearest salts oliicc ar.;l a copy will be eent you free. It contains pictur.-; cf li.c capitolj cf a'.l the Southern States. Virginia-Carolina CiiemicaE Co Sile Offices Richmond, Va. Norfolk, Va. Co!umUa, S. C. Atlanta, Ca. Savannah, Ga. Mempnia, Tcnn. vVirginia - T nroocrifes. rive ROYAL its and principal ingredient HOW DREAMS COME TRUE. Work That Is Unselfish Brings Fullest Realization. You have your dream. No doubt you would like to live in a castle and wear fine clothes and be a lady or gentleman of great significance. There is only one way to achieve this. Help the world to make some of its other dreams, which are not so very different from your own, come true, and it will help you to realize yours. Every dream, you know, has work behind it for some one. If you want a castle, some one has to build it. If you want a dress, some one has to weave it. Therefore your way is to work for some one else in the best way you can, and in turn some one else will work for you. You will be paid. And out of your pay, if your work is good, all the things which you desire, the dreams that you want to come true, will come true. Mind you, the world rarely gives us exactly what we want. And, al so, we rarely want what we thought we wanted, after we have it. Never theless, the dreams of the world, such as they are your dreams and mine are really achievable, and the regular shops and factories and trades and professions, which are all about us, show us the way. Work is the answer giving the world what it wants by sowing, reaping, manu facturing, distributing. Get in on that, showing what you can do to make dreams come true, and the world will quickly respond and your own will become a reality. The De lineator. Soldier Balks Death Plot. It seemed to J. A. Stone, a civil w:ir veteran, of Kemp, Tex., that a plot e::i-tel between a de-perute lung trou ble and ih Rrave to cause his death. "I contracted a stubborn cold," lie writes, "that Ieve!joiI a eoufjh that stuck to me, in spite of all remedies, for years. My weight run down to 1:10 pounds. Then I began to use J)r. King's New Discovery, which restored my health completely. I now weigh 178 pounds." Tor severe Colds, ob stinate Coughs, Hemorrhages, Astbm.i and to prevent Pneumonia it's unriv aled. oOc. and $1 H). Trial bottle free. Cuaranteed by E. T. Whitehead Company. Happy Schooldays. Tommy was about to leave the school where he had spent his first year. He went to the teacher to say goodby and added: "I am aw fully sorry to leave this school. I had such good times at recess." Lippincott's. Sales 0ce Durham, N.C. CharleEton, 5. C. Baltimore, MJ. ColumLu-, Ca. r.TuiV.iorr.ery, Ala. Shrevcport, La. Camiina