North Carolina Newspapers

8 lErom The Atlanta CSnstltution. My wife reads the papers more or Jess every day and keeps up with the Sensations. Most of the time she sits in her ! accustomed corner and plies her needle and thread,' making . little garments for her grand children, or new covers for the cushions or mend ing underclothes or darning stockings or something. When she gets tired she walks in the garden or goes down to see Jessie and the children. She went lo.town yesterday and bought some thread land 'some toilet soap and got weighed and asked the family all around to guess how much and one guessed it, exactly one hundred and jflfty pounds. She asked me to guess, but I said no she had had her way so of tejn and so long that I couldn't come near it and she shook her hst at me. Good gracious! when I married her she didn't weigh a hundred and wore number two shoes and stepped like a deer. "Tempus f ugit." next week will bej the fifty-fourth anniversary of our wedding day, fifty-four the talis- manic number made up of nines or its multiple, as. 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54 3 and 6 are 9, 1 and 8 are 9, 2 and 7 are 9 5 and 4 are 9. And soon our birthdays will come along again, the first and fifteenth of June, and time keeps roll ing onj ; . My wife was reading the paper and suddenly stopped and f spoke to me, saying; VWell, isn't it about time to quit writing about the! negro?" "Why so?" said I. "Why, don't you see that the whole business of the race prob lem was settled in Atlanta last Sun day? The mayor and the preachers, black and: white, all ,made speeches, and seemed to agree and everything is harmonious. So if I was you I would write about something! else. Take up George Washington for a change and let Booker go dead.'' j Wellj they did play on the harmoni can right smart and I hope the prob lem will take a rest, for everybody is tired of it. Even Crumpacker is tired, and now says the negro must work out his own salvation. That's all right. vucu iucj v;au uu iuc uuga, 1 11 quit. They are waking up to the true char acter of the negro. A Chicago man who has been visiting the prisons says there are about forty-sjx thousand ne groes in that city, which is about two per cent of the population and that the prison records as shown him by wardens, show the negroes to be thirty per cent of all the criminals confined, and that the negro quarter of the city is the rendezvous and; the refuge of nearly all the white burglars and thieves that infest the city. ! But that's none of my business, as my wif says. Chicago needs them for municipal politics. . But I have quit Let the jnegro go along and evolute, as Crumpacker says. I had rather look out of iny window and see two little gil ls coming up the walk hand in hand to see me than to write about anything And the little boy is coming, too. HiHs nurse is rolling him in his carriage and he j will run to me as soon as he gets in the room, and! will nestle on my knees and say his little words, and my greatest comfort is that all of them lbve me and won't go home without kissing me a; sweet goodby. That nurse is a copper-colored girl about twelve years old, and she loves that baby and watches him as care fully as a mother. She is the daughter of our sexton, who is the janitor of the public school. He and his good wife are exceptions to all tho fratilties of the race, and so are their children. If there Were many like them there would j be no race problem. Those three little children come to see me very day and make me to forget my self and my long illness, and I find my self whispering, "Suffer little children to come unto mo." "And a little child one pu lucui. w uat a puy mey have to grow up and lose their inno cence and see. grief and trouble. How . sweetly sad are the memories of our youtn. One poet says: vJn: would I were a boy again. . When life seemed formed of sunny years, . . And all the heart then knew of pain Was wept away in transient tears. And another says : . . I remember, I remember, the house where I was born, ' . The little window where the sun came peeping in at morn. . It never rose a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away. - -. ' And so do I remember the little -window and the long happy days, but I have never wished that I had died in childhood, nor do I wish to die now I wish to live for the sake cf these same grandchildren,' for' I know I can do something to guide and comfort them along the journey of ! life, and they would miss me. A child without a srandpa and grandma has not had its share of happiness. . one of! poor Tom Hood's poem: "I remember, I remember, the fruit -trees, dark and high, ' . I used to think their slender tops were ; close against the sky, ' It wad a childisa ignorance, and now -; ''tis -little joy'." p : .v, To know I'm farther Off from heaven :han when I was a boy." Last summer tno little babv bnv v;as sifck. We feared he wrmlri ri;o a he lav upon a pillow in his mother's , - - "'o iivj iici a iap, the little 4-year-old girl went up tlose. and whispered J, to her mother, "Mamma, if baby dies mayn't ( I keep him for a doll?'' I never tire of their childish talk. It is always . sincere, and that is truth,, for sincere means with out wax unsealed,: "since cerum" no secrets, open and' read if you wish. It is an oli adage that "children and fools never lie," and . this reminds me of George Washington, who; tradition says, cut down a cherry tree, and when his father inquired who did it, replied, "Father, I cannot tell a lie. I did it with my little hatchet." I don't believe that. It must have; been a mighty little tree that a little boy could cut down with a little hatchet. And if he wjts bad enough to do it and knew, better he wouldn't have made such a saintly speech as "Father, I cannot tell a lie." My history says that many of these little stories "came- from the nursery. But that he did when yet lr. his teens, undertake to mount and subdue an untrained j blooded horse, and the horse reared and ran and plunged so furiously that lie bursted a blood vessel and fell dead with George on top. His mother was greatly grieved, and scolded him severely. I never knew until recently that he took the smallpox on Barbados island, and was slightly marked; all , his life. George says in his letters that his ne groes gave him much trouble and great concern, for he j had to be away on public business most of the time and could not look after them. He in herited one hundred and forty and six hundred acres of land and his wife one hundred and fifty more an Seven hun dred acres of land, and I reckon they did give him trouble. He never bought or sold any, and set them all free in his will. . i Mrs. Robert E. Park, regent for the Georgia room of the confederate museum at Richmond, wishes me to give notice that next: month (April) the confederate bazaar will be held there for the benefit of the museum and the Jefferson Davis ; memorial arch. Mrs. Park ' asks for special Georgia contributions for the Geor gia room, and all the regents of the southern states ask for help from ev ery irian, woman and child, so that the entire south may share in the honor. The circular is much too long to be appended to my letter, but I will in close it to The ConstitutionL And now please excuse my mention of a matter personal to an old soldier, W..F. Lee, a private of Company D in Hampton Legion. He has lost his horn, a large, long beautiful horn that while in camp below Richmond he dressed and polished and j engraved with his name and a wreathi. He took the horn from the head of a Texas steer at a butcher pen in the rear of Grant's army. He sent it home in the fall of 1864 by his brother, who stopped over night at Columbia at the Wayside Home and there lost it. He says, "Major, I , am growing old, awaiting the blast' of the hist trump, but I would like to blow my: own horn once more before I die." . Do please somebody send' him that horn C. O. D. to Piedmont, 8. C. REED'S METHOD OF WORK.' Would Postpone It to the Last Minute for Light Literature. Many stories are told illustrative of Reed's methods of work. He was ex tremely fond of what is called "light literature" and would postpone work on a task , he had before him to the last possible moment in order to fin ish some story or romance. He always managed to get up steam, how ever, in time to complete his work. For weeks before his graduation from college' he was buried in the treasures of fiction contained in a friend's library. The number of speakers for commencement day4 had been changed that year from fifteen to ten, and Reed was reminded of the fact by a college mate. ! ' "Time enough yet. Why t have five weeks!" he answered. j "But the other fellows have been working-five months!" Never mind," he answered as he went on with his reading, "I'll have a place on the program." And he Old so, standing, fifth on the list of com mencement orators. 1 fsext to fiction he was fondest "of oratory. ' He was a student of parlia mentary law and of oratory long be fore he himself becanu; an authority by the publication of the standard works, "Reed's Rules" and "Modern Eloouence." Anotner time Reed was ; asked to contribute an article to a magazine by a certain date. As usual, he, put it off. Finally the last night of the allotted time arrived, and Reed sat down at his desk, intending to scribble off an apology for his inability and a refusal to write the article. Suddenly an idea occurred to him. He wrote feverishly until after 2 o'clock the next morning and finished the article in the one sitting. - ". ' .! . ' Wealthiest Girl in the World. - There can be but little doubt that the Grand Duchess Olga of Russia, who has just attained her seventh birthday, is the wealthiest little girl in the world. Immediately after her Dirth something like a million pounds was settled upon her, the huge sum being safely invested in England and France. If she lives to reach her ma jority her marriage settlement Is like ly to be the largest on record. No one knows the extent of tne white czar's wealth ; it is doubtful if he himself dees. He is far and away the largest landowner in the world,; and he has gold and ether mines in Siberia which nus in a revenue, tne nrhnnnf n . . 1 which is iwjver made public THE LEGISLATURE House and Senate Vigorously at thi Work Assigned Them. THE REVENUE BILL. - At 11 : 25 Monday the House went into committee of the, whole to resume, consideration of the revenue pill. Judge Graham asked to be relieved or the chairmanship of the committee ol the whole some remarks to make on the bill. He had been unable to agree fully with the majority of the finance committee on some of the provisions recommened. Mr. Smith, of Gates, was appointed chairman, j .-'' "Section 4, relating to corporation taxes payable to State Treasurer, wae adopted. - Section 5, relating to "tax exemp tions repealed" was considered next. This section is designed to repeal all laws exempting from taxation all prop erty liable to taxation except property belonging to the State! and municipal corporations, and property held for the benefit of churches, religious societies, charitable, educational or benevolent institutions or orders, and also ceme teries. Provided, That no property whatever held or used for investment,. speculation or. rent, shall be exempt. -The foregoing was amenaea Dy auu nsr the words "unless said rent shall be used exclusive for charitable or be nevolent purposes or the interest upon the bonded indebtedness or saia re ligious, charitable of benevolent insti A tutions." That amendment was ac cepted by the chairman of the finance committee. ' I Mr. Roberson. of Guilford, moved to amend by exempting the property of fair associations. Mr. Gattis moved to amend the amendment j by saying this exemption shall not apply to fairs where games of chance ana otner im moral and fakev attractions are allow ed. The amended amendment was lost. ' J Section 6. the inheritance tax provis ion, was opposed by Messrs. Brittain, of Randolph; King, of Pitt, and White, of Halifax. Judge Graham and Gov ernor Doughton explained the section and it was adopted. Section 7. providing when heirs, leg atees, etc., are discharged from liabil ity was adopted. - j Section S, providing that if tax is not paid at the end of two years after death of decendeut, G per cent, per an num shall be charged thereon until paid, was adopted. : Section 0, providing for. the deduc tion of tax by executors, etc., was adopted, and the committee at 1:30 rose and made its report to the House. PASSED THIRD READING. To authorize commissioners of Hen derson county to levy j special tax to repair court house. Amended by Hoey to leave the matter of issuing bonds to vote of the people, j- J To allow the city of Charlotte to fund its floating indebtedness and to levy a special tax to meet same. To amend and revise the charter or the town of China Grove. For the better working of the roads of Burke county. To establish graded schools in Nash county. i To authorizze the issue of bonds by Gaston county to improve the public roads. ! To incorporate the town of Buie's Creek, in Harnett county. House bill: To repeal chapter 410, lawslSaQ, relating to Rutherford dis- pensary. Senate bill: To amend chapter S9, laws 1877. ! Senate bill: To amend chapter 645, acts 1901, relating to Statesville. Senate bill: To prevent the depreda tion of domestic fowls jin Forsyth. The Senate bill to revise the pilotage laws of the port of Wilmington came up. Senator Brown said that he in troduced this bill by request, but he did not consider it a local bill, in that it affected all the people who shipped there. He did not expect the, bill to pass over the Senator; from Bruns wick's opposition and he would not re sist that Senator, but j he thought it ought to pass. . Senator Bellamy, made a speech against the bill saying tne enemies of the pilots are the lumber trust and the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company. The bill would ruin the pilots and Wil mington, y-. ' J V , Mr. Pharr, as a member of the mi nority of the committee, favored the bin. Mr. Brown said the bill was. favored by many, leadiag business men of Wil mington and , shippers through the port. The bill was deferred till next Wednesday. ; House bill: To extend limits of Hob-' good. .. ' ' . ... 1 . House bill: To restore local self government to Perquimans. House bill: To amend the stock law in Ashe county. Mr. (Wellborn said that he was opposed to the bill and' demanded a roll call. This was given and he voted aye. ; j a House bill: To make place of deliv ery of liquor the place of sale in High Point.- House bill: For stock law election in Alleghan3r. v .K:.;, House ; bill : To repeal . chapter G47, laws of 1891, affecting stock law in Johnston..-. ' House bill: To restors self-government to Pasquotank, f -House bill: To liquidate debt of Mad ison county. i House bill: To bridge across Tow river. f To amend and consolidate charter of Burlington. . - To establish graded ! school at Haw River. , flaking Good Progress. The House has made good progress oh the Revenue Bill. Several sections were disposed on Wednesday. THE PENSION BILL. The pension bill was considered as n J special order' at 11 o'clock. It asks for. me same appropriation as was given ofHamak; chairman . of the eoiUce or pensions, made an eloquent appea " Plf oniriiAffii -.Several snort; speeches were made and th e bill P-s ed second and third readings At the night session of the House Mr Walters introduced a bill to pro vide for working the public roads m Caswell and Catawba. The biir to amend the public school law with Tef crvice to thcelcctionof county board of education passed final . reading. Amendments to exempt Yadkin, cner- okee, Wilkes, Davie, Buncombe. Surry, Swain, Alexander and McDowell were voted down. ! .' . Bills were passed as follows: To in corporate the Raleigh Trust, Safe and Deposit Company; favoring passage of Appalachian Park billby Congress; regarding the election of United States Senators by a direct vote of the people- to preserve birds! in Union county. The House went into committee of the wholefor the further consiaeratior of the revenue bill, 'beginning witlrsto tion 55, relating to the tax on Sta.e banks and private; bankers. The sec tion provided a tax o! $1 on zvtiy 000 dollars employed as capital. D'.v ry moved to make the tax 50 cents. in stead:' of . $1. The amendment was less, and the section adopted. Section 56 levying a tax of $100 on agents of packing houses was adopted. Section 57 which provides that a tax of $200 be placed on all breweries and a tax of $50 on agents of breweries in each place the business is carried on, was adopted. 1 Section 58 as adopted imposes a tax of $200 as license on each oil company doing business in the State and 50 cents on each $100 iworth of sales. Section 59 provides ja graduated tax on dealers in futures according to the population of the town where business is carried on; in towns of less than 5,000 $50; more thariQOO and less than 10,000 $100; more than 10.000 and less than 15.000 $200; niore than 15,000 $300. This refers to trading in what is com monly known as "futures." Section 60 is in reference to the tax on liquor dealers. It imposes a tax of $150 emi-annuallyi on dealers selling in quantities of less than five gallons; five gallons and more, $200; rectifying, $200; malt liquors exclusively, $50. These amounts are to be -collected every six months. Each county shall levy a like tax for county purposes. Mr. Morton moved :to amend by making the annual tax $300 on retail dealers; $500 on rectifying; $500 on wholesale; two-thirds ! to go - to the Stote and one-third to he county. This ho declared, is double the license tax and as much as the j. .business will stand. . '" Mr. Graham moved to amend by re quiring dealers in liquors to , pay 10 cents for every gallon of liquor sold, 5 cents for every gallon of wine, 5 cents for every gallon :of malt liquors, 5 cents for every gallon of medicated bitters or other beverage that will pro duce intoxication, i i Dealers shall makke monthly reports and it shall be considered perjury to make any false return, punishable by heavy fine and imprisonment. Judge Graham estimated that the tax would raise $54,000 a year.; j Mr. Gattis moved j to amend by mak ing the tax nu retail dealers $10 Oeach six months Instead! of I $150. Mr. Mor ton's amendment was lost. Mr. Gra ham's was withdrawn, land Mr, Gattis' was adopted. Section 60 ag amended was adopted. Section 61 and 62 relating to dealers in rice beer, medicated bitters, drug gists selling liquors, are tne same as now in force. j ! ' 1 Section 63 places a tax on grain deal era based upon the jnumber of bushels consumed. !' i Section 64 as adopted provides for a State liquor tax to be applied one-half xo tne treasury, ana tne otner nan to the treasury of , the county board of ed ucation. I . Section 65 leaves an annual tax of 2 per cent, on receipts from dispensaries. Mr. Kinsland moved to exempt the Waynesville dispensary; PASSED FINAL, READING; An act to incorporate the Bank of An act to regulate fishing in Roa noke river. ! j TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNI VERSlTYi - The Senate and House met at 12 o'clock in joint session to elect trus tees of the State University. The fol lowing were chosen:: j M. J. Hawkins, of Warren; E. M. Armfield, of Guilford; Victor S. Bryant of Durham; C. Thomas Bailey, of Wake; W. H. S. Burgwyn, of Halifax R. B. Creecy, of Pasquotank ; John W. Graham, of Orange; Chas. W. Worth, of New Hanover; F. G. James, of Pitt R. B. Redwine,- of Union; R. A. John son, of Richmond; J. O. Atkinson, of Alamance; Walter Murphy, of Rowan Fred L. Carr, of. Greend; Perrin Bus bee, of Wake: Chas. McXamee, of Bun combe; Lee T. Mann, of Gaston; Geo Rountree, of New Hanover; Z V Walser of Davidson; Fi D. Winston, t)f Bertie. . .-. j . , ' Owen H. Guion. of. Craven, -was elec ted in place of W. T. McCarthy, de ceased, for term ending November" 30 1905. The following for same term- ' . William .R. VKenan, of New Hanover in place of William H. Chadbourn, de ceased; J.AlIeXa Holt, of Guilford in Seirf: Butlef A. H. Gallo way, Of Rockingham, in place of Thos. B. Koghr A . W.Graham, of-Granville, in place of Edward H. Meadows; Thos. SV- . " or aotson, in place of W. ine following" foi the term nf m rter iV 1907: Vaniel E- Hudgins; of McDowell countyn place, of John A. Robebling, resigned. - The following f or the! term ending November 30,. 1903: heorge Stephens orMecklenburg, in plalfe of Warren G. Elliott, resigned.. . ... ( qfnto 9" Sherrilt was re-elected arnlu!arian' k A bill to. regulate the! sale, inspectl on and branding of cotton seed meal w rJIsr-nsspd at some Icnirth Tr ni,. . R, of Scotland, opposed the bill, " . J.UUifi) N he believed it discriminated asainat fhn fnrmors. Messrfi. nan,ui,i Edgecombe; White, of Halifax; Viulf aker, of Wake, and Scott, of AlamiTw" all large farmers, favored the bill w 1 UUViiig lucic who jju uioui liuinatJOn in the bill. The bill passed its several readings and was sent to the Senate without engrossment. An-act to Incorporate Bethel Baptist church, in Orange county. vl . horc of the Revenue Bill. - At 12:30 the Senate went into com. mittee of. the whole on the revenue bill with Senator Glenn in the chair Mr; Henderson had charge of the bill Sections 1, 2, 34 and 5 were adopted' Schedule AA, the inheritance tax, Va adopted without opposition. Sectioa & requiring the tax to be paid at tte ena of two years after death of decideat with six per cent. This was amende by adding "unless the payment is pre vented '-by;; litigation-over .'said estate Sections' 9 to -21'-were adopted. Sec tions 22, requiring tax-payer to show his income on list. Mr. . Hicks, of .Granville, , opposed the unquestional features of the blanks. Mr. Hendersou offered the following substitute: "Sectipn 22. The tax-payer shall Ust his income for. the year ending Juno first from any and all sources in ox cess of one thousand dollars. "Section 22. What "question blank shall contain in regard to income. The blank for listing taxes shall contain the 'following questions: 'Was yuir gross income from salaries fees, trade, profession and property not taxed, any or alj of them, for the year ending June" first, in excess of one thousand These were adopted. Section 29 imposes a State tax m circuses, that charge more than no cents admission including reserve seats, of $200, and on each side show $50 a day. On other such shows under canvass $50 a day: The bill allow county commissioners to impose i county tax not exceeding $1,000. Mr. Woodard opposed tne latter, saying circuses were educational institutioiiH to many people. Mr. Webb said the. circuses made a dead set for the coun ty commissioners, and he thought th: tax should be fixed. All amendments were defeated and the original sec tions adopted. Section 30, ments given charitable or exempting entertain-solely- jfor religious educational purposes- was adopted. Section 31 imposing a tax of $;" on lavyers, doctors, dentists, oculists, photographers, opticians, osteopath or any person practicing any pretend ed art for healing for fee or reward. Mr. Woodard wanted the part "or any person ' practicing any pretended art of healing" stricken out. TJiis was lost. Mr. Warren sent an amendment pro viding that no additional county, city or town license tax should be imposed was lost. ' Mr. Spense moved to allow any county to impose a tax not exceeding $100 on persons not licensed by the State board of medical examiners. TThis was lost. Mr." Webb - opposed Mr. Spence's amendment, saying there were some useful osteopaths in Buncombe. Mr. Mann advocated strik ing out the word "pretended"' and he protested against the legislature going "out of its ,way to cast a slur on Chris tian Scientists and others. Mr. Travia said no one would say that his art was a pretended one, so unless the word was left out nothing would be derived Mr. . Hicks, of Granville, said if pre tended was left out and nothing sub stituted it was a recognition of these arts. Mr. Wellborn said these arte ought to be prohibited. Mr. Hicks amendment to substitute "professed" for "pretended healing" was adopted The section was then adopted. Senator Pharr 's PU introduced re quires railroads to receive cars ten dered at the sidetracK for - anv ware I house connected with the railroad by siaing. . . THE VVOMEN OF TURKEY. Friday the Only Day They Have a . Little Liberty. : Friday is the only ' day on which Turkish women enjoy a little liberty and release from the dreadful seclu sion in which they are always kept, and they are not slow to avail them selves of the i chance. On Fridays every one goes" to the sweet waters of Asia, which consist of a small river running about two miles inland, witn trees and meadows on each side. Hundreds of .boats assemble and glide up and down the river. Every beat otj caique has two or more Turkish- ladies on board.: The sight is a very fine one, as each private caique i3 most carefully got up, and the boat men wear brilliant liveries to match the cushions and the long embroid ered cloth, which hangs over the stem and trails in the water. The khedivah of Egypt's is one cf the finest, in crimson and gold, em broidered with crowns and fishes. Be sides the liveries and parasols make a wonderful show; and here may be seen all : the latest Parisian creations. The ladies must not speak to men, but the careful observer can frequently catch sight of veils lowered or other signal given when a ' particular boat is passing, and habitual frequenters can point out boats which are some times close to each other. It is a very innocent diversion and would not satisfy - Western ladies. An hour before sunset the police boats appear and force all women to leave. Let him that would move, the wox'I 2rst. move himself. Socrates.