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XJ EABTH AlJD GOOD WILL TO UHS. WADESBORO, N. C.v WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 189?. NO. 30. rTFfeiB.: : 1 "T : . : : ; , . 1 . . ft- ; :-" - i , , w - V I' . 11: i' li; -"ii 11 k if ': ' : i-. r I Mill 41 III II IV1 f I 1 1 II I I 1 1 M I iiit3age was niEi ii'Hirrnn . n t r-t i r" i - i i i a - h n . i - a I HfcJ-fllHWrKA U KU MUM I uovernor relating to .VvyLnii iihiiiliiu ii i iiiiLLlUll I H W MB " eraly Local, But All of Some I I Importance. - f- i'AMMtl 0 N T R EATY INDORSED im Uailroad Directors olof t nnl Demand an luvcstiea- n ,jvifis'on Ousted, ' 3' i'v heKate. RfitJAY. Senate was .'called to 6r 11 t)Vlock. Lieutenaut-Gbvernor ltfrvi6UM' presiding: AmoDihe new measures were: o41C5 To establisti and incorporate Carolina Veterinary Assoc-ia )ii sand, to reirulate the practice of also to regtilate tbe nale of itifzr$in the State. ice- lo amend pec. 128.) of relating to divorces.- This V-4'i -A I S i rcfvjdes that the-party who denres oieA must bo a resident of the a rt .'it I i .---3. I.-. .... ;'- - - Si - --i -J. '-rills' A -us I Jilt .-'Ailulcti . , istut firi;even years before applying vl.-A in extend the time for or- banks in Maxton. ii..ixaRaor (oy request) Jim in re T, ifcafdcMeyces and baggage onrail-.fimdl.':;;.''-- ' . . . . ; p'ollinr;-bills- passed third reading: ..' . :ifO'' alc? the commissioners' of Kobesou $ )ef Pi special tax; to extend the stock ) ii jVfayne county. lfilsVji recond reading: To exempt nJjdelftaors Avho are funeral directors I frbni I :jry, duty; .passed second and. ;4lirdr(flings. To protect iron bridges :';. .iirCtfh count3r; passed second and ; ttar4lejKdiugs. To pav special venires iif cartM cases $1 per day and no mi'e V lA ; lB amendment the following ? i cunief .were exempted from the bill: Riwkiurhani. Durham. Franklin. ('Mevc- !llahd;j Ashe, Allecrhan v. Watauga. Dr.n- ilin, C laV, Cherokee, Uraham and Fach- rlumnd ; t To amend chapter private i T 1 i laws rf L85)1, ryelating to the studejB ylCallge. Heretofore this tudcBtf al Trini act give 10 students some power in the fel-llAj'ir ivferriraent of the institution; the Vi arne Iment strikes out this part of the V net. 1 Jfiheualendar: Bill relating to cornor- j; atfoni: labred. To amend sections 1 '.)'.) M Riltl Wtil ol The Code, relating to chal- ij; j engipgoi jurors; tamea. lo enforce fVfl esiabljsh a scale of fees for registers us iulrelitldn to sale of farm products: ta- Iblfcd. ? o provide for the probate of piyisnf certain cases. This bill pro rviilesa Matute of limitation. Mr. Jus T t ie cflVred the following amendment: vip'l'rolvided that th'isact shall not bper j a nth pforent persons under disabilities Cirrni1pj)lyrng to provo a 11 in cOni myn frHo years after disability is ro in)vcl' tabled. To provide for thepro 1 bate i)fjwills. This bill allows a person l ttjfniJko a will before death and have it '81' -: -3 . ii At . .1 m i il . laiuaitH, Taoieu. 10 prevent uifcrim n agairfst different kinds of mon bled.i tCo authorize county cora )ile.rs to appoint time and place for f-:property under process of law; bi To pension all ex slaves who nice in the Confederacy. This llpjro'oriates $5 per month. 3fr. -McCrihv' moved to table.- Mr. Person .demanded a roll call, whici was sus I tinJdl Bill tabled ayes 34, noes 11. 'lb iTi'eal section 3433 of the' eode and V it'1:- ? a 6 i! j. ail itniridments. This bill prevents the 'd'rreitqr.K.. -b'r manager of the peniten titir;flpm hiring out convicts in com j4tiioH with fr.ee labor. On motion to tbl Mr. Person demanded tbo roll flli sustained ayes 36, noes 10. To ftiieil section 603 of the code, relating til liph eslead.8; tabled. To make wit- $.ijfsrt tickets negotiable; tabled. .To.dc j fij left m .public school law and extend ! tie jtime of teaching; tabled. To in- t cseitne. publid-school funds: tabled. I At jtiie night session the fallowing wnl accomplished: To incorporate Jlatgilftj to authorize MclJoAvell county ; tl) ivr a special tax to pay for 4as;el second and third reading: -1 fLcis!itgite,tbe trial of civil actions. ' tc ipxy a special tax to pav for jail. To This liilllmlikes return term trial term also: rrovnlcs that when summons is complaint is also delivered to Senate met at 11 o'clock. ni)ig the ietitions offered Avere : Clatk From the citizens of Littleton ifganft a dispensary law. ales From citizens of Guilford Si fouiuiky against me lu-nour law. ander To work Convicts on the roads er From citizens of Alexander toum' , asking the General Assembly make auy more appropriations to toftj -ita f institutions, and to make no ap- idpfiations for a reformatory unless oted for by the people of the State. Anibng the bills and resolutions in rddieed were: V Keliderson A bill to amend section 1 75 ht the Code, relating to thd tenant Jy'eVflom A bill to amend the insur ance Jaws of the State. !lutice A bill relating to the clerk f . f 1fe Superior- Court of Rutherford oukty. ' ytley Bill for the protection of edu ajiHai and other interests in North ;alina.:-r- " " 'AH.-el 1 Bill regulating the duties of clcs of courts in regard to books f ur fnis'pjed by the State. A bill prohibiting -.certain ccdmps of chance.' ' 1 - ' -i-ltf' li . . .Till il ? 1 1 jdstice uiii aumorizing me commi riotiers of Eutherford county to levy special tax. - ' - :Anong the bills on the third reading wc: - 1 ' , ' I'tp allow Caldwell county to levy ppeeiai tax and to build a jail; to incor: )Hiate Hamlet, Richmond county. Pai5dr , " fi'b Allow the commissioners of Rich- Ij-.HJFifel . If I FiiiifcAY f mo(l county to levy a special tax. commissioners of Mc4i, -JSSt'J&S Iittell countv to levy a special tax. jcaiow the commissioners of Mont g4i;ry county to levy a special tax. IfiA) allowUhe commissioners of Wa taMgjr courity to levy a special tax I'Essea. piila on Bectfnd radinc: WC' restore thdv office oi treasurer of Mf:Po well and t authorize the Gov ernor to-appoint aN treasurer until the election'.: Passed RKnnd and third I riding.-- To extend the time of hold- .ine February term of Guilford CQU,nk : i . ii . tli r.frpri of the Seaboard Air Line to leae the Xorth C arohna railroad, ahd at 1:10 the Sen ate went into executive jsion and Governor Russell addressed the Legis lature at some length on the matter of the North Carolina -Uailroad. He charged th$ president and directors of that company with! freezing out the b'eaboard Air Line by refusing i to con sider the offer made for the road by President Hoffman, j The message was the feature of the day's proceedings. Saturday.- h'enaje met at 11 o'clock, Lieut. -CJovernor IteynbldH presiding. A petition was presented by the Wo men's Christian Temperance llnion for the establishment of a reformatory. The petition was signed by abfjmt 1,("0 prominent womentitTall sections of the State. , I I Among the many hew bills introduc ed was one by Hardison to protect and encourage sheep-raiMng in the State. The Edgecombe cbunty road law was taken up and discussed. This ill pro vides that no person, living in towns shall pay a road taxbut to be taxed for the improvement of streets in; the cor porate limits of a town. Person spoke to his bill; Moye opposed the brll as did also Alexander; saying that his county Mecklenburg fiad the best roads of any county in the State, and they were improved by-taxation; that he would vote against any meisure opposing good roads. Finally it Was seen thai the op positiou was so great the bill failed to pa'ss by the following vote: lAyes 1, noes 352. The calendar was then taken up and the following passed second and third readings: To incorporate the People's Benevo lent and Relief Association of North Carolina. For the relief of the sheriffs and tax collectors in the State. This bill gives the sheriffs and tax-collectors of each county in the State the power to collect back taxes from 1889 up to and includ ing 1890, excepting a few counties which Tvere exempted. To amend section; 2,202 of the code. This bill prohibits any person, persons or corporation beirig non-residents of the State, . from catching fish by nets or otherwise in anyj waters of the State without first obtaining a license from the Treasurer, of th State, said license to be $2,500er annum. The violation of this act is a misdemeanor and pun ishable by a fine of $100 or six months imprisonment, o(r both, in the discre tion of the court, the fines and license fees to go to the public school fund. Resolution for the appointment of a speciaUcommittee to prepare a bill fix ing salaries and fees. Monday. Senate! met at 4 p. m. Among the bills and resolutions intro duced were: j McCasky To repeal all laws allow ing grace on notes and drafts. Clark To regulate the transporta tion of bicycles. i GrftTit A-. rdobiifoii iri.vri rtneftr- Unpted States senate, .undej' suspen sion of the rules it was taken up and adopted. j ' Butler (by request) A memorial from the President of the North Caro lina Railroad and the directors, em phatically denying the truth of the statement of Mr. Hoffman in his letter to Governor Russell in regard to the lease of the North i Carolina Railroad, It requested that a joinf committee be appointed with power to summon wit nesses to investigate the whole matter. A joint resolution tojappoint such com mittee was adopted. Bill to require seats to be provided for female clerks was tabled. Bill passed for the better protection of the-traveling public from baggage smashers and other employees; to pre vent public drunkenness; (this applies only to Buncombe, Transylvania ahd Henderson counties.!) At the night sessioh the bill providing that the fare on railroads lie, liretkdass, 2 cents per mile; second class, 1 Cents, and a corresponding; low rate on freight came up. A substitute was offered making the rate 2J ;cents aud 2 fcents. On motion of Mr. Smathers, the whole matter was referred to the committee on corporations. . ! Bills passed: To amend the Code re lating to chattel mortgages by provid ing for sale after 10 days' no. ice. !(This only applies to perishable goods and lire stock.); to allow an agent tojmake sale of land under mortgage but not to make a deed; to allow disabled! Con federates on the pension list to! own land or anything in lvalue of $500; to in Yadkin river; toiricorporate the! Levy Bank of Kutherfordtbn. The bill to prohibit the sale of spir- ituous liquors within! 20Q feet of any church in the State was tabled. Tuesday. Senate inet at 12 o'clock. Among the new bills iwere: ! Walker To improve the public schools of North Carolina. ! , Person To prevent the hiring of con victs in competition with free abor; also to pension all ex-slavcs who did" service in the Confederacy. Earnhardt To regulate the 'f fees of students and registers of deeds in this. State; also to regulate the practice of medicine in North Carolina. ! ScalesA-To incorporate the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias of thje do main of North Carolina. j Patterson To f appoint a cotton weigher for the towh of Laurinbut-g. . Clark arose to a question of ': personal privilege that of the statement inside by Swinson, enrolling j clerk, to the pews paper correspondents and 4 he moved that a committee ofj three be appointed by the President to investigate the charges made by (Swinson. Addpted, and Clark, McCarthy, and Parker, of Alamance, were appointed as thej com mittee, the said charges being! that $1,500 had been paid out during the first 80 days of thej Legislature, fwhen $6 would have been sufficient to pfyr for the work done, the! cause of the expen diture of so much money being that he had had forced on him more clerk? than he needed, and if i the work had) been tt uuiu unto uotju jBttvcU. 'v" with this, the officers and the General A asembly were trying tof dree upon him , two additional (negro"f clerks. Last night (Monday) the House passed a hill to abolish th0 office of.enrblling clerk. This was dne to-oust - Bwinson because he would not appoint tw;o ne gro clerks at an additional expense to the State. - ' . ! I . Resolution asking the treas-oler -to furnish information as to whether the Denitentiarv is self suonor tin CT", aapptea. A bill was introrlriMd to crive certain dead bndien tr tnfiicftl colleges, ; but after some debate it Vent over toj Wed - received irom me Ht8day. Wednesday! Senate met at 12 o'clock. Parker, of Randolph, pre sented a petitipn from citizens of High Point asking jthat the present lease of the North Carolina Railroad be not in- terfered with Clark, from citiens of nst a dispensary, he committee appointed Littleton, aga Clark, for to investigate the statements mario bv A. L. Swinson, enrolling clerk, sent forward his rjeport. After the report was read "Parker, of Alamance, on mo- tion, . referred the matter to j the same committee with instructions to employ a competent stenographer, and that all the evidence fee taken and reported to the Senate Thjirsday. Among the bills and resolutions in troduced were! ? Butler Bills to revise and improve the public schpol system of North Car olina, - and oh motion of Butler 000 copies were-ordered printed. Ashburn Bill to regulate the sale of fertilizers. j ' Ray Bill to protect creditors and innocent persons where property is mortgaged in other States, j v Clark Resolution that trie special committee (S,winson committee) be vested with power to summons wit nesses and enlploy such assistance as is necessary. (Adopted. ( Clark A bill for a dispensary for the town of Littleton. " Hardison Bill 'to provide for the treatment and Icure of inebriates. Bill for tho procuring and distribution of dead bodies! for the advancement of medical science was re-committed to tbe committee to draft a new bill on -account of so many amendments being offered. -. A petition was read from the North Carolina eacners AssociaTion nKkin for a. nals. reforma ory for "youthful crimi- HOUSE. THURSDAY-hHouse met at 10 o'clock. xviajoruy anct minority reports oi tne committer on ;privileges and, elections were submitted on the Mecklenburg election contest case, the! majority favoring Clanton and Williamson, the contestants, and the minority favoring Reid and Ranson, the sitting mernbers. Bills and resolutions introduced: Sutton A resolution providing that the Speaker sjiall appoint a special com mittee of three, to which airbills rela tive to a code commission shall be1 re ferred; also a bill creating a feode com mission. (The resolution was, uuder a suspension of the rules, adopted. ) Smith To protect the lives of per sons traveling on railroads; also for the protection of wives. ;- Blackburn To forbid minors from entering or loafing in bar-rooms. Lawhon Tp assist tax-collectors to collect poU tax. ' Hancock To provide for I and pro mote the oyster industry of" North Car olina. (Ordejred printed.) : At the night session bills pajssed mak ing it a misdemeanor vor any person, intoxicated orf otherwise, to; interrupt piwiic, jwliticSal meeting or ahy lawful assembly; to change the name of' Grif finville, in Union county, to Marshville and make it ajdry town.1 t t Mr. Lusk said that the business of the session was about half done, and in or der to expedite matters he made a mo tion that all j engrossed Senate bills which como aver be placed on the cal endar withoutf reference to committee. The motion prevailed. ' By leave, Mi. Cox introduced a bill to prevent the srjread of disease among live stock. j Friday. House met at 10 o'clock. Among the bills and resolutions intro duced were the following: McBrido To include Robeson in sec tion 2, chapter 20, Acts of "1881. White, of Randolph To allow the commissioner of Randolph to select any certain day in December and June to hold their meetings, instead of the first Monday. Cunningham To allow certain be nevolent orders exemption from insur ance tax and supervision. Peeterg Toj protect deer in Mitchell and Yancey counties Hby making it un lawful to chas4 them, with dogs or to hunt them between December 15 and October 15. . , Dockery To change the time of holding Courts- in the seventh district. Dockery Resolution that it : is expe dient that sonje method be devised for the protection of the youth of the State against the blighting influence of the deadly cigarette and its trust. Dpckery That the judiciary com mittee be instructed to prepare and pre sent to the House for its consideration a bill 'to establish a general dispensary system for thelState, somewhat similar to the Waynesville dispensary act, though more intelligently constructed, regarding cigarette traffic and con sumption. ; . The calendar was taken up and the following bills jpassed: To establish a uniform standard of time for the State; resolution raising a committee to cionsider the reduction ol salaries to cohform with the price of farm products;! to remove obstructions in Big Dutch Buffalo Creek,; .Cabarrus county; to provide for the registration of land grants s in territory which has been changed jfrom one county to an other. Bill to! amend -the road law so as to change supervisors to tabled. The Brough he dates of meetin (April and October, was 6n -Young contest, fr Wake, was taken up, fully discusseU, ami uuauy ueqiucu iu luvor vi xoung, colored. j . At this juncture a special message was received fifoni Governor Russell on the lease of the North Carolina Rail road, which w;as read and 000 copies ordered printed. Bill to make- ten hours a day's labor in all factoriesj employing over 5 per sons, came up jwithan unfavorable re port. Mr. Blackburn, chairman of the 1 committee which heard argument on it, moved to tablej it. On this Mr. Dixon, of Green, demanded the yeas -and nay. The call was Snot sustained. The bill went to the table by a very large ma- ii j ii. ii : l ' . upon it. Saturday. l-House met at 10 o'clock. Bills introduced : Sutton, of !Cumberland-To amend the charter of Fayette ville by creating a police board, i Ormsby To give county commission ers more time for meetings. Murphy To make .bastardy a misde meanor, j . ;" "Bills passed 'as- follows: To leave to" the people the question of the lino be " tween Alamance and Chatham; to es tablish a new township in Surry.- -A bill to eitend. the stock law' ih ; Wavn& countv? Tmssed second readinsr. The bill to pay special veniremen in . 1 , . J . i1 f capitacases came over irom, me senate,:, the latter body ha'vi'ig- added several counties which were objectionable to the House. McKenzie made a motion that the House refuse to concur in thi amendments, and that a conference committee of three be appointed. The Speaker named McKenzie and Cook and Parker, of Perquimans, as the com mittee of conference. Bills were introduced by Johnson, by request, to require all bankers or offi cers or directors of railroads and State banks or other corporations created or chartered by the Legislature to take an official oath, the State Treasurer tb pre scribe the form of oath and send th. e blank forms to each officer on or before January 1st of each year; to regulate the liability of stockholders in banks chartered by the State; to make chapter 494, acts of 1893, discretionary with the State Treasurer instead of mandatory. The bill to establish a dispensary .at Waxhaw passed after considerable ar gument. - By leave Hancock introduced a bill to aid "North Carolina's Rolling Expo sition" by appropriating to it $3,500, the bill being accompanied by a peti tion. . Monday. House met at 10 o'clock. Among the bills introduced were : Cox To require owners of personal property to list at its full value. Rawls To amend the landlord and tenant act, chap. 40, the Code, by strik ing out in line 2 of sec. 1754 the words "or oral." Sutton of Cumberland To declare bicycles to be baggage (accompanied by a petition signed by hundreds of bicyc lists). Purgason to make it a misdemeanor to give or sell intoxicating liquors to an habitual drunkard. Several bills passed to I allow several counties of the State to extend the time of holding court, to levy special tax, to amend the stock law, etc. Cox, by leave, introduced a resolu tion that all private pension bills be re tained and acted on so as to be incor porated in an omnibus' bill. It was adopted. t i . i Sutton's bill empowering the Gover nor in extraordinary cases to convene special courts for the trial of capital cases and to also convene the Supreme Court to hear cases, was) taken up. It was so amended as to provide that the courts shall be convened only at the re quest of the sheriff and the chairman of the county commissioners of the county in which such court is to be convened. The bill then passed as amended. Bill passed incorporating the Bank of Brevard (on motion of Schulken an amendment was adopted making the charter 30 years.) Bill to amend The Code regarding pauper suits was tabled. The bill regarding the giving of guar dians' and administrators' bonds in se curity companies, allowing them to in clude in their charges against estates expenses amounting to not over one half of 1 per cent, f 05 the giving of such londg. waiwd--v . . . . By leave, Gi uobo LTroduceU a bill to enlarge the jurisdiction of macris- trates. At the night session! a resolution, introduced by Hanctck to abolish the office of enrolling cltrkland oust Swin son, -came Tip and caused a hot debate between Populists jand Republicans, theJDemocrats stood hands off. The resolution -was adopted and Swinson was ousted. . j Resolut on 'requesting the North Carolina Senators toj secure a ratifica tion of the treaty of arbitration was adopted. j - j By leave, Parker introduced a bill to prevent minors fromntering bar rooms and billiard rooms. . Tuesday. House met at 10 o'clock. Among the bills introduced were: White To Repeal the act of 1885, to es tablish; a true meridian in the various counties of the State for j the correct re tracing of surveys. - Eddms To require deeds in trust and mortgages to be cancelled of record within ten days after they have been paid. ' Currie To extend the corporate lim its of Maxton. , Leak To revise the charter of Mor- ven. ! ! Dockery To amend the law regard- ing of analyses of fertilizers The bilL to make it indictable to in terrupt a public speaker came up and caused a lively" debate, and after several amendments w us offered! the bill passed to a third reading. j The calendar w as. theb. taken up and among the bills passed ivere: Altering times of holding Superior Courts; in. Mecklenburg, Gaston and Stanly counties, making those in Meck lenburg second Monday after first Mon ,day in March, fourth Monday after first Monday in September' (each two weeks) ; sixth" Monday before first Monday in March arid thirteenth Monday after first Monday in March (each one week. ) The resolution placing in the hands of the Governor $1,000. to be applied to the erection of a statue of Geo. Peabody in Statuary 0all at Washington was in definitely postponed. Wednesday. House met at 10 o'clock. Among the new bills were: Hartness To provide that in case of suit for- damages brought' against a er son; resident of another State, who ias property in this State, it can be at tached! where there is unliquidated damages. . McCrary To create a short form of agricultural liens in North Carolina,al lowing'the .creditor to sell enough of the property at public auction, after 20 days notice, to recover the debt and in terest.") , ! " Lusk To amend the act of 1895 es tablishing a' criminal .circuit to be com posed of the counties of Buncombe, Madison, Haywood and Henderson, by striking, out the word ''criminal;" that - the judge in addition to his present ju risdiction, shall have also as to 3 11 civil actioni and' special pleadings and all civil .business originating or pending in any jot these counties concurrent equal jurisdiction, power ahd authority with .the Superior Court judges; that there shall he two extra terms of Buncombe eourtcf two weeks each, Jesrinning on the thirdMonday in June and the first Morlday in -October, theee to be civil termsand ta be presided over by the cirjenit Judge as j provided in this bill; that in compliance with request of com missioners 'of any of bese counties to hoidta-special j term,the judge to re ceive $500 more annually. - -. j Lusk To restore the rules of evi dence in the making cf sales of real es tate for taxes a they were prior to 1883. G6bk'made report for the special committee : on f the bill regarding the lease of the North Carolina Railroad. 1 offering a substitute for the origin al bill, askms- that it be adopted for the . " At i . - i1 uui, as&uis mat it oe printed, ana mat it be made the special order for next Fridav. Blackburn protested that this was too short a time. It was stated that the House would be" light Friday, owing to the absence of committees. Cook then moved that the bill be made the special order for noon next Tues day. It was so ordered, The bill of Hancock to place the At lantic and North Carolina .Railroad in the hands of the Governor psssed the House after considerable debate pro and con. Crumpler introduced a bill to revise the public school system. Several other bills were introduced by leave, as follows: McCrary To create a school district on, the line -between Davidson and Randolph. Lvle To provide for working public roads bv taxation. Ilauna Wants No Cabinet Position. Nanional Republican Chairman Han na has decided that he will not accept place iu Mr. McKinley's cabinet, and Judge iGoff has notified the President elect that lie, too. cannot become a member of his official family. Mr. Hamia proposes remaining a candidate for the seat iu the United States Senate, wliich Mr. Sherman will soon vacate, and will right for it, if necessarv. The CJypsy Moth. Massachusetts is making up its minl to spend ,?20i.),000 a year for rive 3-ears in the effort to exterminate the gypsy moth, and then to continue to pay $100, 000 a year for five years after that. Then the committee will report prog ress to the Legislature. Standard Silver Dollars. The issue of the standard silver dol lars from the mints and Treasury offices for the week ended February G, was $304, o00; aud for the corresponding pe riod last year was $249,049. The ship ment of fractional silver coin from Feb. 1, aggregate! 3144, (89. Comes in for a Slice. At Washington Secretary Francis has. ordered Land Commissioner Lambreux to' issue a patent to the Perrine heirs, of whom Dr. Terrine, Mrs. Cleveland's step father, is one, for 23,000 acres of land in Southern Florida. Powell Slated-for Minister. General Powell CI a j ton, of Arkan sas, is .said to have been slated for Min ister to Mexico to sHeceed Hon. M. W. Ransom, and the appointment will be made soon after March 4th. Alabama Coal Mines. The coal mines of Alabama produced slO0,O0 ton ofi col! lae ytr, bing but 591,000 tons less than the output of the phenomenal season of 1895. Minor Mention. Jacksonville, Fla. , is to have a baby show for colored infants. The fifteenth annual meeting of the American Forestry Association was held in Washington, D. C. The Wilmington (N. C.) Star says that the government work on the forti fications at old Fort Caswell is being pushed rapidly. It has been given out that Wm. J. Bryan will make one or two speeches in "Virginia during the coming State campaign in the interest of his frieni Daniel, and to talk against trusts. Now we are to have a wishbone mar- et. Hitherto in cutting up of fowls for he purpose of making canned soups the bones have been ground indiscriminate ly for fertilizer, but a demand has sprung up in the Ea.st for that bone of the superstitious, and it is now being saved, cleaned and shipped, to be gild ed or ribboned by Eastern dealers and eoid for decorative purposes. WHAT CONCRESS IS DOING. The Senate Committee on Finance favor ably reported the bill to permit the bottling of spirits in b'ond. Senator Chandler has introduced a resolu tion protesting against recognition of the single gold standard. The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections indicated Its Intention to treat the Dupont case from Delaware as closed. A lively debate was precipitated in the House over an amendment to stop the free distribution of seeds to Congressmen. The amendment was defeated, 70 to 42. The Secretary of the Interior has sent to the Senate the reDOrt of tho Klamath Bound ary Commissionshowing that $533,270 was; due the Indians on that reservation. The House passed the Diplomatic and Con-? sular bill carrying f 1,673, 708. Resolutions? arranging for the formal canvassing of the electoral vote on February 10 were adopted. The House Committee on Pension? has or dered favorably reports 1 the Senate bill in creasing from $17 to $30 per month tho pen sion of the -widow of Lieutenant Calhoun. Mrs. Calhoun is a sister of General Custer. The estimate of appropriations to be made at the present session of ttfe Fifty-fourth Con gress is, in round numbers, $30,000,000. As $515,000,000 was appropriated atjha preced ing session, this raises the outgoing Congress far above the billion-dollar mark. During the discussion of Indian affairs in the House Mr. Hartman, of Montana, offered an amendment for an appropriation of a billion dollars "for the education and civil ization of the Seeley savages on the Manhat tan reservation." It was ruled out on tho point of order that it was new legislation; The Secretary of War sent to the House a report of a survey of New York Harbor rom the Narrows to the sea, with a view of ob taining a depth of thirty-five feet at low water. It is estimated that such a chanuel 1000 feet wide would cost $1,740,000. A channel 1500 feet wida would cost $2,272,000; 2000 feet wide, $4,180,000. Representative Hurley, of New York, has introduced a resolution to appropriate $100, 000 as a contribution to the monument to Revolutionary soldiers which the Sons and Daughters or the Revolution are to build in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn. The resolution, proposes that $100,000 shall be raised by private subscription before the Government appropriation is available. Mr. Cox (Dem., Term.) offered in the House a bill which recites the circumstances of Lee's surrender at Appomattox and tho written guarantee that the artillery and cav alry officers of the Confederacy should be jrarmittM to retain their horses, side arms and baggage. After the surrender the Fed eral soldiers despoiled the Confederates of these effects, and they were never returned to their original owners. The bill appropri ates $200,000 as a compensation for these losses. ' " - PE The News of the Week Tersely Told in Paragraphs, Y. M. C. A. STATE CONVENTION. Graham Under $1,000 IJond Will Not Accept Office--Will Enact no Laws KcgulatiDg Working Hours. The twenty-first annual State Cor vention of the Young Men's Christian Association of North Carolina will be held in "Winston-Salem February 151-22. The attendance will ba large and the programme interesting. Among those who are to make addresses are Dr. A. C. Barron, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Charlotte; Rev. Wm. Black, the well-known evangelist; Professors P. P. Claxton, of Greensboro, and J. A. Bivens, of Charlotte. 1 he interna tional committee will be represented bv Messrs. H. P.-Anderson and 11. W . Georgi. Topics will be discussed cov ering the whole range of association subjects. Especial attention will bo given to the educational work, to Bible study and to the religious work of the Young Men's Christian Association. A conference of the college association presidents will be held by Mr. Georgi on February 18 and i: and it is hoped each college association will send its new president or order thai he may be instructed in his imj- rtant work. All Christian workers, and especially Chris tian men in towns v here there are no associations, sro cordially invited to attend; and every pastor will be wel comed. Reduced rate's on nil railroads. Those desiring-to attend should write to Mr. F. P. Turner, State Secretary, Charlotte, N. C. The Charleston, (S. C.) News and Courier says: 'Sympathy for the Cu ban patriots has permeated into the wilds of Western North Caroliua and has induced a young lawyer of Ashe Tille to give up his business and start put for Cuba to join the insurgent forces. A reporter had a chat at tho St. Charles Hotel with Mr. C. B. At kinson, a well. known- young man from Asheville, who will go to Tampa with the intention jf casting his fortunes with the gallant ( iomez. "Mr. Atkinson said that he has been watching the war in Cuba very closely and at last determined to volunteer his services. He has two friends from Texas already down thi way to join him, and they will go well armed for the struggles. "Mr. Atkinson's appearance is not ruilik p - TtPy wTuAil'i is duo to tbe fact, pfdbapk, that he once lived down by the waters of the Bio Grande. "Arrangements have already been made, Mr. Atkinson said, for himself and friends to land on Cuban soil on a filibuster. He realized the dangers be fore him, but wants to fight for the in surgents and try to help them on to in dependence," The House judiciary committee have disposed of Judge Norwood's case., James M. Moody, ex-Judge Avery, T. P.' Devereux, Spencer Blackburn and Representatives McCrary and Skulken asked for mercy. Thecommitte finally decided to indefinitely postpone the resolutions of impeachment upon Nor w'ood's placing his resignation in the hands of Chairman Lusk, it to take effect the moment he again becomes intoxicated. The committee did not confer with the Governor about this matter. The Ealeigh correspondent of the Wilmington Messenger says: "The Topulist bolters and the Republicans are now welded together in a firm or ganization. Their total strength is ninety, which gives them absolute con trol of the legislature. They do not in the least recognize the Populist major ity or caucus. They say that if the ma jority wants office all it has to do is to say so, but that it will not accept of ffice." This Legislature will enact no laws fixing the hours of labor. That was set tled last week once for all. In the as semblage of cotton mill men in Raleigh to defeat the bill over $20,000,000 was represented. It is stated that operatives do not want an y such law these strin gent times, when shorter hours mean shorter wages. Mill men say many mills are being operated almost at a loss. - Monroe Johnston, the negro con victed of burglary iu Mecklenburg county ir189fj, was hanged at Charlotte Monday. The execution was private. About 1,000 spectators, mostly colored. stood around the iail yard trying to get a glimpse of the doomed man. Gover nor Rus.cell refused to reprieve him, though his lawyer, Walter R. Henry, of Charlotte, exhausted the law. He pleaded innocence to thelast. An amendment of the law as to the criminal cases will 'probably be made by the Legislature. The committers on judiciary will recommend that in crim inal cases all juries hall be chosen from the box, the same as regular juries, and also that county commissioners can employ local counsel to aid the solicitor in prosecutions. The nominations of the Democratic postmasters at Lenoir, Wilson, Rocky Mount, Warrenton and Laurinburg are hung up in the Senate committee on postofiices. Senator Pritchard has re quested that they be not agreed upon until he can consider them, being pre vented at present by illness. The question is asked, wfll the legis lature enact any general road law? It seems it will not. Many more counties are adopting the plan of working roads by taxation. . ' J It is settled that this State will as a State make no exhibtit at the Tennes see Centennial Exposition. The bill calling for a $10,000 appropriation will be unfavorably reported. J. L. Graham, chief clerk in the of fice of the State Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction, who was arrested in Raleigh on the charge , of -arson, has been placed under a $1,000 bond. It seema that no attempt is to be morla wliit tho RnoiODriation to tha ILLUVt k-J -kX-fcl 1 A j State .University. STATE III! POINTERS : : , . NEVVS ITEMS CONDENSED, Southern Pencil 1'olntcrs. A. E. Drought, ex-receiver f tho Florida Midland Railroad, has be-h sentence! to twelve . months n tho 'county chain-gang in Atlanta,! (in; . fur altering checks. I Capt. A. I). Cowlos, of Statesvilh N., C. ; has been appointed Adjutant General by Governor Russell. . At a "meeting of the Eastern stock holders cf the Southern Bmilding and Loan Association, of Knowilhf, Tenu. . a. 'plan of voluntary liquidation, de signed to prevent ft permanent receiver ship, was submitted. The general meeting of the stockholders il bo held March 4th, at Kuoxviiie. - ' I NesroeH in Atlanta and Alabama havo caught the Liberia fever agtiin land aro, bend i tig every energy to get ljuono.y: to pay the transportation charges kt Fernandia. Fla.. P. H. Mcintosh quarreled with hi wife" and then com mitted suieidt" j Tho Louisville. Evansvilloj t St. Louis shopfi, at Princeton, lhd la been burned. Loss $HH.0(K$. .j - j It is reported from JaekKvnvtlle. Fla. . thai Marco, the ( ulmn insurgent gen end, is nlie and is how at Miuma, Fla A deal has Won oonsumate! where by Birmingham. Ala . is to have i steel plant within six months to 'com mx hundred thousand dollars. J. T. Spoor, Jr.. a young white man, was shot and killed at Maconj Ga . in attempting to Meal- chickens, j The Noell flour mill, njt -Fste.ll -Springs, in Franklin count...: Tenn.. which cost $300,tKM, is advertised for alo for S1H,(HH on -March Cd. The Duck River Phosphate Oouipany of Hickman county, Tenn., has made an assignment. j Tho Southern Mutual Building and Loan Association, of Atlanta, Ga., has been placed in tho hands of Judge, .lames A. Anderson as teihporary re ceiver on application of 'shkrohohlern, who stated that the association! was sol vent and unable to meet current with drawals of stock. ! The Rev. Dr. Charles- Taylor, for some j-eaps a missionary to ) China for the Southern Methodist church, did at, Gorflnml Alii ! ! It is about settled that there will ly a Constitutional convention called by the present Legislature of Alabama. Governor Ellerbe in a special niowa:;a to tho South Carolina legislature Kay the State's finances are shakey. Roth branches of the Alabama h gis; lature have passed an aiui pool bill. -Thib bill covers not only pools on races run outside of the State, but on races run in the State, and breaks up ihf rxf"TS'Xiyt j 1 . i -i 4,- 1"". Rev. J. A. Brooks, a well-known di-" vine of the Christian Church and Pro-' hibitionist candidate for the Vice-Presi-denoy in 1888, died at Memphis. Tenu. , of heart failure. , i Maas & Schwartz, cotton eommisHion merchants, and S. Maas & Co., kindred firms, doing a wholesale grocery busi ness at Selma, Ala have made an as signment. The liabilities aro over $300,000. The assets are not given. , At Spartanburg, 8. C. , Saturday, a local train collided with a shifting train mashing up things in general. En gineers and firemen of both trains jumped and saved themselves. A negro who was on the cowcatcher of the shift ing engine was killed. Admiral Bunco's squadron pf evolu tion is to blockado Charleston,! S. C.t early in February. Judge E. T. Merrick, ex-Chief Jus tice of the Louisiana Supreme Court and one of the best known lawyers in tho South, is dead. All About the North. The Vermont Legislature has pass ed a bill prohibiting Sunday excursion trains. '-!., It is announced from Chicago that the great combine of steel makers, that has controlled the industry in this country, and that includes the chief companies in the country, has been dis solved. Cashier C. E. Breder, of tho First National Bank of Bethlehem, Pa. , is a .1 -t u A., ii. : i r 1 r? ..ii 11. (leiauiier 10 me amount 01 l-,oom, uh. has absconded. . A bill to prevent prize fighting iin been passed by the California State Senate. A bill has been introduced in tho Kansas legislature-by Senator Hanna, (Pop.) on letting out all -county- offices to the lowest bidder. At Grand Rapids, Mich., John Lane, in consideration of S2.5, under a written agreement, sold and released his wife to Jas. H. Hurst. All concerned celebra ted the event. , , . ' The Illinois legislature is to attend tho inauguration of President-elect McKinley in a body. A dispatch from St. Louis, Mo., says a sweeping reduction in rates of corn has been made to Southern seaboard points by the St. Louis railroads. At Lancaster, Penn., Abe II en son; one of the members of tho gang of thieves and outlaws who reside oh tho Wekh Mountains was f-hot and killed by his step-brother, Jerry Green, who is also a noted criminal and member of the'.same gang. Miscellaneous. It has been definitely determined that the national guard of Pennsylvania will not take part in the inaugural cer emonies at Washington. The drought is seriously affecting the wheat in both Victoria and South Australia. 1 , To Foster tne Lumber Trade. Tho North Carolina Pine Association was chartered at Norfolk, Va. Its ob jects are to foster lumber trade, to pro tect it from unjust and unlawful exac tion, to reform abuses, to diffuse ac? curate information among its members as to the standing of dealers; to pro duce uniformity and certainty as to the customs and usages of the lumber trade nml iinV snnb rules arid reJTlllationS for the transaction of business among its members as may be expedient and mi l' i"i" - 1 V. lawim. ine principal omces art vu u in Norfolk. i " v: - - - - - ........ J - .. V 4.
The Plow Boy (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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Feb. 17, 1897, edition 1
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