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n v ES-VISITOR NUMBER 8,8 RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21. 1899. 25 CENTS AMONTH THE TIM! J v ST. Many Amendments Offered But Few Were Accepted PROVISIONS House Considers Revenue Act Poll Tax $1.29, Property Tax .43 on $100 Pro visions Regarding Bank and Build ing and Loan Stock Otho Wil son Resigns as Railway Com missioner Senate Passed Greensboro Dispen sary Bill, HOl'SE. Th3 House met at 10 o'clock. The following bills were introduced: By Thompson, of Onslow, 10 withdraw ex emption lrom taxation where per sons have invested in trust stock or securities. (This is aimed at Wake Fores: College and other institutions which hold trust stock or securities as part of their endowment.) By Justice, to .change the name of the White flickel Furniture Company. By Wil liams, of Dare, to prohibit the use of dredges :n certain creeks and bays. By Allen, of Wayne, to provide trus tees for the negro normal school at Uoldsboro; also to amend the act estab lishing the geological survey. By Craige, to establish a normal depart ment at Fairvle Institute By Roun tree, to incorporate Wrlghtsville. Reso lution.) By Winston, to add the Speak er of the committee to nominate A. and M. College trustees. (This was adopt ed.) By Wall, to protect the part ridges in Richmond county. By Patter son, to establish graded schools at Lincoln-inn. By Abbott, to extend time ior settling Slate debt. Leathern ond insisted that the order of the House calling on the Agricultu ral and 'Mechanical College tustees fur a, report as to receipts and disburse ments be obeyed. He said a month had passed and no report made. At 10:45, dn Holman's motion, the House went into committee of the whole (Moore, of Ja.ckson. in the chair) on the revenue bill, which was consid ered by sections. Section 2. fixing 1.2! as the poll tax was adopted Section 3, fixing the general State -tax at 21 2-3, pension tax at 3 1-3 and school tax 18 cents, making the total property tax 43 cents on the JlOO valuation, was adopted. There was some disucssion as to sec tion 4, in regard to collecting taxes on tank stock, the assertion being made that the counties failed to get taxes on $3,000,000 on this class of property. Boushall said the machinery act had been specially arranged to secure this tax. Willard offered an amendment, which i Chairman Holman, of the finance com mittee, -in charge of the bill, accepted. It says: "And the State Treasurer shall credit to the sheriff in his settlement the amount paid to him on account of taxes which are propehly due to each county." An amendment offered by Allen was adopted.. It Is as follows: "The owner of every share of stock in such .banks or building and loan association reside," this taking the pia.ee"" St the words "such 'banks or building- and loan associations are lo cated." Holman said this made section 4 stronger and clearer. Section 4, as amended reads as fol laws: "The taxes imposed for State, county and school purposes upon the i shares of stock and- the deposits of twm-Tesldents of the State in any bank, Jbulldingr and loan association or bank lng association (whether State or na- ' JonaI) in this State shall be paid by the cashier of such bank, banking as sociation, directly to the State Treas urer within 80 day after July 1, of " each year, and upon failure to pay the State Treasurer a aforesaid he shall Institute an action against the bank ' or building and loan association to en force the same 4n the county of Wake, or In the county in which the"bank or' ibuilding and loan association Is loca ted. The board of commissioners of the county in which the owner of any ahhra- of stock in such banks on building- and loan associations1 reside, shall OF THE BILL assess against the value of share of stock of residents of that county the tax imposed for school purposes and those imposed for county purposes, which shall also be paid to the treas urer of the State, and the value of shares of stock in national. State and private banks and building and loan associations held by non-residents shall nut be deducted from the aggregate value of the shares thereof, and the State Treasurer shall credit to the sheriff in his settlement the amount paid to him on account of taxes w hich are properly due to each county." Fresh discussion arose on this same section. Holman said the section was not satisfactory to the committee and thai the latter had left the mater to the lawyers. . It was finally agreed to reconsider the vote by which the sec tion was adopted and it was passed over. . Section 5. regarding taxation of build ing and loan associations, was also d'is .cussed Allen said the asociation had an advantage over the public because Ihe shares on which loans have been made are deducted from the tux valu ation, while in th,case of an invidual who has $1,000 of property mortgaged for $1.00 he pays tax on the $l."00. while the holder of the mortgage pays on 11.00. Speaker Connor made an elo quent plea for building and loan ass ciations. saying they were taxed 1 per cent, which makes the (investment really worth only 4',4 per cent. He said the building and loan associations were fully taxed, and they ought to be fos tered, as they inculcated frugality. Al len thought building and loan associa tions ought to be treated like other people. Clarkson paid a tribute to the State building and loan association, whi."h had done al lthey could to drive out foreign wild-cat building and loan associations, which had fleeced the peo ple. He said the home associations were now barely able to exist under the present rate of taxation and inter est. Rountree took the same view. Allen, of Wayne, offered an amend ment, to strike out the provision ex empting from taxation or rather de ducting shares on which loans have been made, which was lost. Robinson offered an amendment, which was ac cepted, to add that the county and school taxes shall be paid by building and loan associations to sheriffs or tax collectors on or before September 15. of each year. The section, as thus amend ed, was adopted. Seotion 6, 'taxing incomes, was adopt ed. The tax on gross profits and in comes from untaxed property is 5 per cent; on gross income from, salaries and fees, public or private, of 1 per cent on excess over $1,000: M of 1 per cent on excess over $1,000 to $5,000; of per cent on the excess over $5,000 to $10,000. Rountree offered an amendment to section 7 which was adopted. Makes any and .all Investments made by any railway company or other corporation (nthe stock, "bonds or other securities of other corporations or loans shall be taxable upon the amount of the actual value of such Investments The words "irrespective of the market or cither value of a single share of such. stock," at the end of the section . were stricken out. ' At 12:10 the committee rose and re ported progress,, having completed the consideration of schedule A, and the House took1 up the second special order; the "Separata Car" Bill. - . SEPARATE CAR BILL The separate car bill taken up was the committee's substitute (drafted by Allen, of Wayne. It was read. - - .. The committee's substitute bill pro vides: "Section 1. That all railroad com panies or corporations, engaged as com mon carriers in the transportation of passengers for hire within the limits of North Carolina, other than street railways, shall previde separate and equal accommodations on their passen ger trains for the white and colored races. They shall provide one coach for first-class passengers of the white race, and one .coach for first class pas sengers of the colored race, and one coach which shall be divided by a par tition, and one part assigned to second- class passengers of !the white race, and the other part assigned to second-class passengers of the colored race. The said car or coach with partition shall be placed between the two first-class cars or coaches, with the second-class compartment for the white race next to the first class car or coach for the white race and the second class com partment for thee olored race next to the first-class car or coach for the colored race." This section further provides that Mreight trains, relief trains, Pullman or sleeping cars, through express trains not stopping at local stations, negro servants and officers with prisoners are excepted from the provisions of the act. The Railroad Commission can ex t-mpt roads whose gross earnings are not $1,500 a mile. Steamboats and street cars are subject to the provis ions of the act. The railroad failing to provide such separate accommodation is guilty of a misdemeanor and liable to a fine of $100 per day. The conductor who fails to carry out this law is also made guilty of a misdemeanor. Speaker Connor at this point stated that he had received the following communication from S. Otho Wilson: 'l hereby tender my resignation as railway commissioner, to take effect when my successor is elected." The Speaker said he laid this before the House, to be disposed of as it thought proper and that it was now in the pos session of the House and no longer in the Speaker's hands. McLean asked that his separate car bill be read. He had had it printed at his own expense. Il was read. Mclean bill. This bill provides: "Section 1. That all railroad com panies engaged as common carriers in the transportation, within the limits of the State of Nin th Carolina, of pas sengers for hire, other than street rail ways, shall provide separate but equal accommodations on their passenger trains for the white and colored races Such accommodations may be either separate, passenger coaches appropri ated exclusively to the use of the white and colored racesfi respectively, or else by partition of a passenger coach or coaches so arranged as to effect the purpose of this a.ct." The bill makes the same exceptions as the committee's bill. "Section 2. The Railroad Commission of this State shall have power, and is hereby authorized t oexempt from the provisions of this act any branch lines under fifty miles in length or narrow guage, if in their judgment the en forcement of this act is unnecessary to secure the purposes hereof and the comfort of passengers by reason of the light volume of the passenger traffic thereon, or the character of accommo dations now or hereafter to be fur nished. "Sec. 3. On all trains where separate accommodations are furnished as here in provided, the railroad company or .companies so providing the same, shall not be requnired to sell what is known as second-class tickets: Provided, how ever, the first-class rates are reduced to not exceeding three cents per mile, And provided further ,that where the Railroad Commission exempts any branch road or narrow-guage road from the provisions of this act, such branch or narrow-guage roads shall be re quired to sell first and second-class tickets at not exceeding the legal rate allowed to be charged by the Railroad Commission." The other sections provide for enforc ing the law and are not radically dif ferent from the .committee's bill. McLean said his bill was a substitute for the substitute offered by the com mittee. Winston offered an amendment to the committee which was adopted, adding section- 1st: "Provided that on such railways there shall be a separation of both races and it shall be the duty of the Railway Commission to prepare and adopt all necessary rulesfor carry ing this regulation into effect." Justice offered an amendment to strike out all that part of the section after the first provision. The effect of this was to give no exemption to any roads and take away discretionary power from the railway commission. v Allen, of Wayne, said that In the west on small roads separate cars would not be . needed while they would be In the east. - Julian took the same view. Leatherwood thought the Western -North Carolina Railway ought to be excepted between Ashevllle and Mur phy. Hesatd in Swain there were only 96 negroes. Patterson, of Caldwell, opposed Jus tice's amendment. ; Moore, of Jackson, took the same view. ". i Winston then jxoved to strike out all after the enacting clause of the bill and Insert his Tjill as a substitute Justice said it was dangerous to leave anything to the railway commission. He was applauded when he said he was opposed to putting anything in their hands. McLean asked Justice 'if he favored abolition of the railway commission. Justice replied that he thought no harm would be done if it were abol ished. He said it did not have enough intelligence or knowledge of railways to do Justice. The public demands this law ami it ought to apply to all roads where the travel is mixed. Justi v':- amendment was voted down. McLean offered the following amend ment: "Pn.vided that railway compa nies shall not be required to sell second-class tickets, but that first-class tickets shall not exceed 3 cents pel mile, and provided further that If any railway shall lie taken ,uit of the oper ation of this act then said road shall be required to sell second-class tickets at a rate not less than 2 cents per mile." McLean said he did not wish to op press railways, and said that South Carolina and North Carolina were the only Slates in Him South in which the sale of second-class tickets is required. The railways say tin 2-3 per cent of their passenger receipts comes from first-class fares. He raid the only rea son why a negro bought a first-class ticket was to get near white people. and that he would not buy a ticket in a first-class negro car. The railwavs would therefore have empty Mist-class negro cars. Patterson, of Caldwell, offered an amendment to strike out section 3. and Williams of C.rahani, to strike out the part of the bill which allows negro ser vants to travel in attendance upon their employers. Nicholson, of Beau fort, offered an amendment, which was the substitute bill of McLean. Winston spoke in favor of his bill, and Leatherwood said he favored it. Moore offered an amendment except ing the Murphy brunch from the pro visions of the bill. Justice offered an amendment to al low railways to be- excepted because of the small amount of travel thereon. Craige said Justice was too severe on the present railway commission, but that in 30 days a good sommission would be in office. Carroll said the people wanted a bill passed The first vote was on the substitute of the Winston bill. This was lost. The next vote was to amend the commit tee's substiuilte by McLean's ticket rate amendment. It too was lost. The third voted on was amendment to the section as regards steamboats, by in cluding officers was adopled. Bryan of Granville offered an amend ment that the bill shall apply to through fi eight trains. It was lost. Amendment of Nicholson to substi tute McLeans lull Tor the committees bill then came up. with an amendment the amendment, by Patterson, of Caldwell, to strike out the $100 a day penalty on railways or steamboats for not obeying the law. The amendment t o-the emndment was lost. So was NiV-holson's amendment (the McLean Bill). The amendment to strike 1 1 1 nemo servants traveling with their employers was lost, as was one lo except ihe Murphy branch. One was adopted al lowing discretion as to roads on which there is little or no negro travel. (Al len having accepted this.) The bill passed second reading Craige objected to its going on i:s 3rd reading, saying there were some things he did not like in the bili. Winston moved to suspend the rules and put the bill upon third reading. The vote was yeas 34. nays 31, so the motion failed a two-thirds vote being necessary. The bill was made special order for tomorrow. The State Guard bill was fixed a sthe special order for Thursday. A letter from the Governor was read giving the names and length of terms if A. and M. College trustees. SENATE. The Smate met at 10 o'clock. and prayer was i ffered by Rev. Br. Gris som Besides a number of r lirtly liv.-al hills, bil's were also i.i: induced: By Whvtaker, tor the relief of ex-Confederate sold'frs and for the aid of the Soldiers' Home. By Smith, for the -f-ticietic.v of the colored normal schools of the State. By Whiaksr, to supply sewerage to the A. and M. College. Senator Justice moved the Sena.e take a recess for 10 minutes. Lieut. Gov. Reynolds w is then aske t to lake the chair while Seuator Bryan presented Senator Ward a gold-headed cane sent by the latter's constituents in appreciation o fhls- gr?at services. The - Senate resumed session, and Glenn continued 'his speech in support of the bill to ratify the Mad.son county bond issue of 1887. Olenn argued the justice of paying the bonds, and said that the decision of this case would be seneral In eflect. Bryan was opposed to ratlfycation. fie thought the matter ought to go be fore the ccurts. He thought the people of that county had been swindled Senator Hicks also spoke against the bill. Senator Ward said - that Madison county had paid more than double what the purchasers of the bonds had paid for them. He said the Western Carolina Bank, a defunct, corporation i the main strength behind the bill.1 p-enaU'c Obborne said he always voted for a debtor to pay an honest deb'., and this Madison county bond debt he con sidered valid. Senator "Murray again epoke against the ratification act, and said mat me Eimocratic party wa-e pledg-ti against lis rtuage. k , The rretion to adopt the minority re pot : was lost, and Senator rVMsT mo tion that the bill be tabled was almost unanimously carried. The Lieut. Governor announced that tin .constitutional amendment would now be enrolled and ratified. Bills pjssed: To provide for a finance committee for Mitchell county; to e.'- Ublish graded schools in the town of Mirgrnion; to incorporate the Pungo a'ld Matimuskeet Railway Company ti cHow Fayetteville t oestblish an electric light plant. BiU to codify the school laws wa made a special order for tomorrow a: 10 o'clock. The Criilford dispensary bill came up a1' a sf ei ai order. .Senator Bryan offered an amendment that the qtitstiim be left to the citizen. -of Guild id county at an election to lie held June 1st, 1899. .s-naitir Wilson, of Guilford said til' white i.eei'io of Greensboro had alr-'idy settled this matter; and the amend ment was a plan to let the negro vol-' "irtiol against -the wishes of ih" u niles . nat'ir Campbell believed that itiis matter hud not been squarely put b 'oie the Guilford people and that lh .'Km voles of the dispensary advnertes in 1:1," piitviary were no criterion as to the i-h of the majority: these ..ii. s n "t I -iig one-third of the regis'.-! -d v. 1'ito vi.te of Greensboro . Seti.'no- Lindsay thought the tr-i.ir-es; element in Greensboro wanted the dl.-lie,l;i, . etinioi Justice declared thai n.l- tor Wilson had made an honest, ".ui-- l effort to ascertain the wishes ot ins cen ti ! uents and the bill should lie i'i----i- J-eiiah'i- Glenn spoke fo the prohibi- ttor daemons existing in (ireensoo,.-,), tnd said that it is the center of female education. The d-ispensary is a for ward movement for temperance. One v. .in tint; whiskey can get it: but there will be no drinking after sun-down the worse damnation of intemperance. The question meant on one side mon ey and liquor, on the other money, liq uor and morality. People had said to him. "Glenn you are ambitious: drop this thing." but he would never sacri fice principle for ambition. Senator Franks said he had no pa tience with a dispensary. ...(.(.(.(..(.(.. Senators Daniels. Smith and Brown thought Senator Wilson knew the wishes of his people. Senator Cooley believed that this was no time to raise a howl about whiskey in every little town. He would support this bill hut gave notice he was through with dispt nsaries for this session. Bryan's amendment was killed by a vote of :i9 to 14 The bill then passed its 3rd reading. P.KIBFS. Mr. Iiave lierwangor has returned from a trip North Mr. Berwanger went to have his eyes treated and his friends are delighted to know that he was greatly benefitted. The Secretary of War has granted honorable discharges to Private Robert 10. L. Gregory, Company -M. First North Carolina. Barnardsville, N. ('.. ond Private Henry It. Mitchell. Com pany II, First North Carolina. Waynes ville, N. C. Mr. Edward Baxter Perry last even ing gave a delightful ami highly in structive pianoforte le-ture recital at St. Mary's School. Ml. Perry is one of the most famous musicians in lh' world, and it was agicat honor to have him in this city. Miss Mattie Reese, who was treasurer of the recent birthday party given ill tile Edenton Street Method, st Sunday school room, received' a response from far away Cuba where one of the little cards found its way. Corporal Robt. I). Little, of Co. K. 1st N. C. Regiment. s,-nt in his card with his contribution from Havana. UAIN TONIGHT AN I) WEDNESDAY The forecast of the Weather Bureau says: For Italeigh and vicinity: Shower.- tonight and early Wednesday, fol lowed by clearing Thursday, probably uiir; coldrer The barometer lias fallen considera bly throughout the ent'irecopuntry.wilh the lowest pressure in the upper Miss isippi Valley. The weather has become cloudy and threatening throughout the entire eastern half of the diked States with light rain at many points. Gen erally warmer weather prevails in the West. (in the nest side of the storm, along 111- Rocky Mountain slop,', the sk'tff. are ( bat- with north winds and colder weather. The temperature is 10 de grees below freezing over Nebraska and -the 'Dakota, bu too approach to zero tempi ratines are reported any where. RELIEF WORK. The office of the Relief Committee for Board of Charity at. Pullen Building tionis closed for the present, the desti tution of the city, so far as is- known, having been supplied. If any one knows of any case of suffering for help on account of sickness or oid age and unable to work, they will see Rev. A. L Betts, chairman of distributing com mittee at his room on corner Fayette ville and Morgan streets or send him the name of person, street, north, south, east or west, and number of house and it will be attended to. NOTICE TO DELINQUENT TAX PAYERS. I have been directed by the Chair man of the Board of County Commis sioners to enforce the collection of all taxes due Wake county. This Is the last notice. I shall at once proceed to levy upon the personal property and real estate of all delinquents, and ad vertise same. To save furthre costs pay at once at the office, i H. T. JONES, Tax Collector. NEGROES' ISLAND SURRENDERED Natives Raise the Stars aud Stripes Voluntarily YESTERDAY'S FIGHT American Lost Two Killed and Two Wounded-Fifty Filipinos Killed Three Americans Killed by. Sharp Shooters Today Ly Cable to the Times-Visitor. .MANILA. Feb. A deputation of representatives and natives of Ne groes' Island called on Gen. Miller af ter the capture of Iloilo and offered the allegiance of the Islanders to the t'uited States. Later 3:4 p m. The Stars and Stripes were voluntarily raised over Negroes Island after the capture of lloilo. F iur native commissioners ar rived here today to offer their alle giance . Our losses in yesterday's fight were: Private Adams and Rinehart of 1st Washington and two Califot nians wounded. Fully fifty Filipinos were killed, and twenty of their dead were buried by our men. Privates Cassidy. West and Calf were killed by Filipino sharp shixiteis while scouting this morning. The transport Newjort arrived from lloilo and brought the news that Gen. Miller still holds Jaro Molo. There were some skirmishes during the night. Two thousand insurgents are tinned al liolas Santa Barbara. FROM OTIS. 'By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. Gen. Otis cables that Gen -Miller can maintain his position with his present force. The insrgent forces are a few miles out from lloilo and are believed to be disin tegrating. Business in the city is re sumed and affairs at Negroes' Island and Cebu are encouraging. KWAIIT CASE. 'By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. WASHINGTON. FEB. 21. SENATOR .MASON SAYS A PULL OF THE SEN ATE SHOWS A MAJORITY IN F.- VOli OF EWAKT'S CONFIRMATION The disiricl commissioners will ask Congress to appropriate $50.1100 to guard against a spread of small-pox. Iil-:.HH I:.TIC NATIONAL ADVISO RY COMMITTEE. By Telegraph to th- Times-Visitor. WASHINGTON. Fell. 21. Chairman Junes of the Democratic National ('oni mitee has appointed S. M. White, of California. D. J. Campan, of Michigan: Norman T. Mack ,of Wyoming: J. P. Altgeld. of Illinois, and George Fred Williams, of Massachusetts an adviso ry committee to the national campaign committee with headquarters at Wash ington. Senator Jones himself is a. member o the committee. ARMY R ICO R( ; A N 1 7. AT I ON liy Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. The Senate at two t li . si afternoon will vote on the postofrice appropriation bill and clear the desks for a light on the army re organization bill. It is impossible to say at present which will win. Still, 000.000 CAPITAL. Ilv Telegraph to the Time--Visito-. TRENTON, Feb. 21. The American Car Company was incorporated lo.iay witha capital of Siiu.liiin.uiin. The incor porators are all of Jersey. EMBALMED BEEF. P.y Telegianh to the Ti m-os-Visitor. WASHINGTON. Fell. 21. Col Pow ell testified before the hoard of inquiry that he found refrigerated beef asteless, but didn't make strenuous efforts lo get .1 change. He says most of the .-tioiled beef was buried in the Cuban campaign. PHILADELPHIA ELECT 1 1 iN. By Telegraph to The Times-Visit, r. PHLADEPH1A. Feb. 21.-Kiwtt.Hi is quiet, the vote is light. It is con ceded that Ashbridge is . hixsen mayiH and Kinsey city solicitor by a large plurality. 1 N V 1 CTM E NTS W1THDR AW N. By Telegraph 'to The Times-Visitor. CARLINVILLE, III.. Feb. 21.-Three Indictments against Governor Tarviie were dismissed by the State attorney today, found by the gnartd juiry whi investigated tihte Birden strike. No ex plauatiton of 'tlM action is made. DIED. Mr. John Norris, an 'ative of Ral eigh, but for several years a resident of Salisbury, died In that place Febru ary 16th. The deceased leaves a wife, two children, a sister. Mrs. Jas. Can nady, in Raleigh, and a brother, Mr. M. J. Norris, in 'Durham Durham papers please .oopy. NOTICE. Wednesday", Feb. 22nd, -being- a le gal holiday. Sunday hours will be ob served at the postofflce. The general delivery and carrier windows will be opened from 2:30 until 1 p. m. . C. T. BAILEY, P. M. 1
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