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j The News ! Devoted to the 9 Upbuilding of .... ; 5 Drills Crtnv - . f The News it : t Ii Unsurpassed u aa d vertisiag Medium M ', Rates Low. n OFFICIAL JOURNAL.OP POLK COUNTY. Independence in all thinqs. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.00 PER YEAR IN AD VAKCB. VOL. X. COLUMBUS, N. C.,, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 19C5 NO. 43 r n H Pi u ; U . , . Tnt I KS:: BOND ISSuE PROPOSED Senator Webb wtiA SeU Half a Million of State bonds NEED FOR SUCH ACTION Permanent Improvements at Vari ous Penal InstitutionsCries of I nsane People Coming up For Relief State Duty in The Premises . r f Senator Webb, ot Buncombe, has in troduced a bill providing - lor (the issue of $500,000 for permanent improvements. In presenting the bill Mr. Webb fittingly re marked: . ; : . 'I hope, Mr. Preaideut, that the senate will indulge me for a few -moments in otder that I may discuss the Ml which has just been read. I know that it is unusual for a bill to be discussed before the same is referred to a committee, but as this meas ure is of such great importance, and for the fear that the fact that it authoiizes the issue of bonds may at once create a prej udice against its passage, it is probably best for me to give my reasons why 1 think it absolutely necessary that some such legislation be enacted. "The average citizen is afraid of a bond issue, especially a state bond issue, lie seems, however, willing for his county to issue bonds to build a new couit house, or ing for them. And, if the truth wei e known, instead of their being four.bundred applications for admission into the insane asylums, and if all of the insane who should be admitted into the hospitals, were admitted, it would be necessary to provide for from 800 to -1,000 instead of the 400 who were vs inly applying for admissson, "IJstai d here today, Mr. President, and say in the most emphatic manner, and with bowed head, that it is a shame atd a scandal upon the; state of North Carolina that she is not providing for these un fortunates. ." "Let us compare what, we are doing for the insane with what Virginia is doing. Virginia has a population about the same as North Carolina; 1,200,000" white and 600,000 colored. The assessed value of all property in Virginia is in round numbers $450,000,000 and the "assessed value of all property in North Carolina $442,0 0.000: The bonded debt of North Carolina is six and a half millio", and the bonded debt of Virginia twenty-four million dollars. And yet, though both states have about the same population, and although both states have about the Fame property for taxation, and though Virginia has a bonded debt of four timesas much as North Carolina, THE WARD BILL Fit -Mi Being waged Gene Lett inn HUH THE WHISKEY FIGHT IS ral 1; f !.- QN pealed. . SEC.8.That this act shall be in effectVrom I and after the first day of July, A. D. 1905 It is probable that the application will be to towes of 50.0 population instead of 1500 and further amended as to prevent the manufacture or sale" of spirituous liquors. The whiskey force are strongly represented here and feign great confidence in their ef- orts to defeat aoy general temperance leg islation that has been or, may hereafter be proposed at this session of the Legislature. Raleigh Feb. 6, 1905. M. L. S. Grand Dnke to' be Sent to Uariclmria. The House- of ; Representatives " "adopted the following resolu-- tions of respect to the - Memory of the de- , ceased members , "Resolved, by the House of Representa tives the Senate- concurring: . "That it havincr nlpflcpri ttort in H! ln. i. ... . . . I f " A Solar Plexus tor the Beef Trust. 1 Pena,n& Batt,e to be rought finite wisdom to can to Himself the spirit A Bill to be Entitled ; an- Act .to Amend Chapter 233 of the Pub lic Laws of 1903, Regulating v the Manufacture and Sale " : . -1 of Liquor in North Carolina. The General Assembly of North Caro lina do enact: " Section 1. That pection one, chapter 233 of the Public Laws of 1903 be amend" it: i.. s : 11 l : i I - ... v irtju'w is vauus w lusauc, uu b 8trikmg 0ut the word : "manufac- nas in ner wnue nospuais anoui a,iuu, and iu her colored hospitals about 1.200; while North Caiolina has 1,400 white ai d 526 negroes, and at least 1,000 are uncared for.' f.: VV":";; .: V' ..;:--'" Cnditiaa at 91orgaatn. It is also absolutely Kecessary for the state to increase its appropriation for pen sions for Confederate soldiers; the senate has in most emphatic manner possibly as sented to this by the action in this matter. The dicision of Justice . Holmes makes the task of smashing'the beef trust very simple. : . :a " ' z' - ' ' v- The ramificatWH8 of the beef trust are ar greater than the consumer realize, though they know that-it is a heavy burden upon the breakfast and dinner table and has almost driven beef from the supper table. The extentjofjts ramifications is thus de tailed iu a virile article in Evervbodv's Magazine by Charles Edward Russel: 4,It fixes at its own will the price of ture," in line two thereof, and that said chapter and section be further amended by striking out the words "or manufac. ture," in line five thereof, and that said chapter and section be further amended by adding after the words ''special statute,' in line seven of said section, the lollow lit g:a "It sball be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation, to mala- It is necessary that we provide for our facture or rectify, for gain,any spirituous, educational institutions. 'It is absolutely necessary in my opu ion and it would be a burning shame and disgrace for the state not to do it. to apV propriate at least $300 000 for the state hos pitals in order to errect sufficient buildings to provide for the insane. Tt io oatimatprt hv the. midir.nr tlmt if t.hp revenue act as reported by the sub-corn mittee on fiance is passed by the general vinous or malt liquors, or intoxicating bit ters, within the State of North Carolina, except in incorporated cities and towns having not less than fifteen hundred pop ulation within the manufacture of liquor is not, or may not hereafter be prohibited by law or regulated by special statue." : ; Skc. 3. That section four of chapter 233 of the Public Laws of 1903 be ameud to build a new jail, or to build public assembly, then there will not be as much bridges; or to itwue bonds to build and money realized from taxation as under the ed by Inserting after the word "manufac equipa new water system or sewerage revenue act of 1903. . ture," in line two thereof, the words "or plant, or to build graded school buildings, "With the increased demand for main, rectification. nr in nmrnHnmiift and nave the streets of I to fpllnw.Hfnators: how is Ul Sec. 3. That " section nineteen of this his own town. But when it come to the posible to make these approprialious with- chapter be amended by sinking out the I words "manufacture and." in Hues two state of North Carolina forthe purpose ot not be done. And I say that every one of and three thereof, and inserting at the end makins Dermanent imDrovements for the these appropriations ought to be made. thereof the following; "That nothing in erection of buildine which sball stand for The bill just read provided for a reduc- this act shall be constructed to repeal, alter generations, there is objection, simply be tion of the tax rate of five cents on the one or amend any special act prohibiting or cause there is an imannarv daneer. hundred dollars worth of properly. This regulating the manufacture of liquors In 'T ha v fnnciiiprp1 ti thp hp fit flf mv nf 1R cents wouid. in mv ooinion. with any incorporated city or town having not abilitv the Question of permanent ira- the DroBOsed issue of bonds create uffl less than fifteen hundred population," provements for the state hospitals for the dent amount of revenue to make these im- Sec. 4. That chapter 233 of the Public insane, for th various Rdnertionai inati- nrovements and to carrv on the business of Laws of 1903 be further amended by add ition- f .r the reformatorv for vouthfui the state, and it wiuld be most iuyfully re- ing after section nineteen" the following, criminals, for the erectian-of a building for ceived by the people of North Carolina, numbered as ''section twenty": "That v. .:.. AA.ot:r. nt Via I tvun fnr covproi xrmnra wimnioin. I everv incorporated cityor twon in which LUC III 1)1 tf.l HLUI 111 IUIU II1COCI laUUU Ul 1 Ul, I Willi imVC wv. W T w I - records of the state or for the enlargement of the capital, and I have come to the con elusion that with the present condition of our finances it is utterly impossible for the state to begin to make the absolute neces sary permanent improvements unless jt is sues and sells its bonds for that purpose. "And why should it not be done? The money to be realized from these bonds is to be used for permanent improvements; ... t i i; in.r of hteh taxation, and when these per- sPir,luyu8 V1UUUS U1 HUU1 V1 ' '-... - ... .. . i manpnt imnrovements are made the annual eating outers are permiuea io oe soia or demands from them will cease. "The bill proposed also removes the mur.h comnlaineu of merchant's tax and other special taxation, such as the tax on wood dealers, brokers, physicians, lawyers and dentist8:" All of these features would make the bond Issue popular. manufactued, under the provisions of this act, shall maintain a town or city govern, mant as provided in its charter of incorpor ation, and a police force of not less; than two policemen, and it shall be the duty of some member of said police force to visit each place where fiquor is sold or . manu factured in said city or town at least once everv week and make a careful ana thorough inspection and examination there of, with a view of ascertaining whether the "The bill also provides that not exceed- for the erection and equipment of buildings fog five hundred thousand dollars shall be wnich will stand for generations; and as j issued, and be issued as the money is t eed- fntnu KanaiufiAna anil n.otPritV nrP tn (ret (art. anri it fllan nrOVldpR that the RHlOnnt Of . 6. .... v, I iii f laws regulating the manufacture and sale v r n rinn mti at naau iiiii ii i ii ini mm iii iii.ii n.M v onuu i ii irmi .r-i i iiim i tin n m i the present generation, it seems only right these bonds shall be appropioced among and fair that they should be willing to pay the several institutions by an act to be their part of the same. This principle has adopted by this legislature. been recognized by every , county, state TO RELIEVE KUROPATKIN. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. PRESIDFNT URGED TO MEDIATE ' Soon Russian Disasters At tributed to Lansdorff, Alexieff, Rosen and Stoessel. Washington, Feb. 9.-PresidentRoose- it . . . . .. . veit was urgea toaay to taice some ac tion looking to the termination of the Russo-Jap war. The request was made by the inter-parliamentary union of our associate; the member from Wata uga, Dr; a W;Phippsf "Resolved that in his death we are cal led to mourn the loss cf a brave and honest and faithful Rrpresentative.J.Be it further resolved that a committee of four from the House and a like committee of -two from Senate, be appointed to attend he body to its last resting place, and that the Treasur er of North Carolina be and is hereby "or dered and directed, out of any funds not otherwise appropriated, to pay all expenses of said committee in attendance UDon the every pound of fresh, salted, smoked or through the president of the oreaniza funeral rites and all funeral and- other ex- preserved meat prepared and sold ln the tion. RenrAsantAri vP. TUrf.hnlf. of wic. penses of transporting said bodv'to iU last United States. It fixes the pricrof every c , nan,A, resting place. Be it further revived that hafii, every pound of bacon, every pound - r the committee so' appointed, at once notify of lard, every, can of prepaired soup. It that the concensus of of opinion among His Excellency the Governor, of the va- una au ausoiuie monopoi oi our enormous luouHjiuueni ui me uaioa ana among cancy in this body.' Be it further resolved meat exports, dressed and preserved. ' It I European parliamentarians with whom I that this House do adjourn, and all busi- has an absolute monopoly of the Amen- ho Is In cnrrmnnm ht. the nesa of the body be suspended for the dav. can trade in fertilizers, hides, bristiles. I . , . . . . I in memorv of .our' dpp.asp.d hrnthpr Pa c ... . T ' I fresiaent oi tne u united states was the . , - " - . horn and bone products, It owns or con- . . ! . . solved that the keeper of the capitol be di- trols or dominates every slaughter house one man Wlltt me Possible exception of rected t0 keep the Jlaff8 upon tne dome at except a few that have inconsiderable local I the Emperor of Germany, who idicated half mast for twentv four hours Be it or special trades. It owns steam and eleo no disposition to try to bring the war to further resolved that a copy ofl the . resolu- iic railroad, it owns the entire trolley. car a end. who murht hn'listmnA on ha tion and of the precedings of this body be service in several cities, and is acquiring B,,hipr..fe with favor hv Rnia t. ... I " . kUO u,iC vvw ciaewiiere. xi. owns rThe President gave Dr. Bartholdt rjo tones, snops, siock yaras, mms, lana ana definite assurano Wond nmmiW viauw ciiuusco i- to consider the matter with Rppretv cians, legislators and Congressmen. xr. 1t i.un fAnn!tA niiVoiw .ITA J.fl.. 1It.1l Oi, A. 3 .11 it .1 .1 I ueues au otreei, anu juj mai mere- this movement will take in is. It terrorizes great railroad corpora tions loug used to terrorizing others, ' It takes toll from big and little. It gouges millions from railroad companies, and cent pieces from obscure shippers. Today it is -111 . 1 M i, I J cuuipemug a iuruiy nuiruau i uibiuihb iwi Tokio. Fh. TCnt.rv VlanivoctoV general manager, to-morrow it is. blacklist- from the gea isn0w limited to Tsushima mg and ruining some, little commission firw, TmMnm GnB straits are barred by ice. Reports re- ereedy. insatiable, and it plans achieve. ceived here from Hokkaido and also Vu- . J V irom coasting vessels says Soya straits sent to the ; family "of league.'.',. our departed co). any ac tion looking to mediation until some as surances have been received from both parties to the the proceeding conflict that such action would be welcome. and town - in - NoriH - Chrolina, and why should - it not - be recognized by the great state ltsell? I do not believe that the citi- zensofthe state should be burdened by payment for permanent improvemets out of current taxes I honestly believe, Mr. President, and fellow senators, that the greatest duty upon the state of North Carolina at this time i the proper care and treatment of its insane The great Democratic party has pronounc ed its platform, its speakers have pro claimed in most eloquent iaivgnage, its mewspapers have heralded far and near, that we are human and generous in the care of bur unfortunates. And yet, Mr. Pi esident, the solemn and stubborn fact remain that, we read in al most every news paper about the death of some poor, untortunate creature, who has lost his reason, aud because of Inhabiiity to be admitted iuto the insane asylums he has spent his last dys in a prison cell, without decent and proper .care and at. . tention. - '-'' ' "And Mr President, the majoaity party has also in its platform demanded that our unfortunate insan e are properly attended to. The records t ho w that there are now over two hundred applicants for admission into the state hospital ftt MorgantoD; the records show that thare are 97 applicants for admission into the state hospital at Raleigh, and the records sho w that there are 76 appllcantsior admission into the 6tate hospital at Goldsboro; and yet, ; al though we vainly and proudly boast of our care for these unfortuaate. creatures, the "It does seem to me. Mr. President and fellow-senators, that this is the only pos sible course that this legislature can pursue, and I ask yrur careful consideratioi.'L Reflections of a Bachelor of liquor are observed and obeyed, and whether the said business is conducted a in orderly and lawful manner, and to make written report setting fourth the result of said visitation to the mayor and Board of Aldermen of said city or town, which re port or several reports the said mayor siaH deliver to the Solicitor of the District on or before the assembling of the "ensuing term of the Superior Court of the county in which said town or city is situated and in case such town or city shall fail to main tain a cjty government, or provide the po lice force, or Commissioners of the county in which the same is situated may revoke and cancel the license aud permission au. imagination flags in trying to follow its fu ture possibilities. . ; 'It fixes, for its own profit, the prices the farmer of the West shall receive for his cattle and hogs, and the prices the butcher of the East shall charge for his meat. It fixes the prices that the grower of California shall receive for his fruit " and the price the laborer of New York shall pay for his breakfast. 'It lays hands upon the melougrowcr of Colorado, arid the cotton-grower of Geor gia, and compels each to share with it the scanty proceeds of his toil. It can affect the cost of living in Aber deen and Geneva as easily as in Chicago and New York. "It has in the past three years increased, for its own benefit, the expenses of every household in America. It controls or in fluences prices of one-half, the F food con sumed by the nation. It has its share in the proceeds of more commodities of daily consumption than all other trusts, combin ations and. monopolies together, and the prices of these it seeks to augment for its own profit. . ; '; ':.' " ."It can, make within certain limits, the price of wheat, of corn, of oats, what -it pleases; it will shortly be able to control the price f every loaf of bread. , ' : 'MSKj My Sand House. . I built me a house" one day, , - Down on the sands by the sea, To watch for my good ship sailing - home,- .. , r. v . . ;':,Vr With beautiful things for me. :". . ' ' v . - -I built while the-sun shone hot, ,; And I built while the winds blew cold BuildiDg against the day and hour When I should be worn and old. And the stars smiled fair & night, And the sun smiled bland in the day, And all were silent and warned me not That my jabor was thrown away. The sea sang low at my feet, And the sand shone white and wide, not frozen over but are filled with floes and bergs making navigation practical ly impossible. To further increase the j uiuiouiLy ui iU! v muxvyKbOK ine And never a voice in earth or sky, ' J apanee goy ernment announces that To warQ me against the tide. the light houses in the vincinity of Tsu- 1 gaura straits will not be lighted except And my.house rosegoodly fair, occasionally. An official says this 'n- , White-gabled against the sky, nouncement was necessary for strategic 1 lau2hed at. the - sea-weed's warning reasons and warns coasting and neutral I i-oucn, Ana t-ne gray guns screaming by. navigators that in passing Tsugauru straits they must exercise the greatest care. The Japanese continue to: patrol Tshushima and Tsugauru straits and it is believed that the blockade of Vladi vostok is effective. -7 It was reported from Vladivostok un der date of February 1 that the Russian armored cruisers Rossia and Gromboi had been re'paired, but it is doubted whether they will - emerge from , the harbor on account of the extensive seiz ures by the Japanese of coal ladenships bound for Vladivostok. . Large stocks have been purchased by Japan which has now ceased purchasing coal. I dreamed my beautiful dreams, - Of truth ana trust that endure, I slept and dreamed like a foolish child, That my Sand-House was secure. : And oh, while I slept, the tide Crept in like a thief to' me; And 16, in the hastly dawn my house - Had crumBled into the sea, . Will Allen Droingoole. millions of investments, caused, banks to break and men to commit suicide, precip itated strikes and annihilated industries." The devil knew what he was about when he.invcnted politics. . v A woman wants either herself to have u lot of jewels or her friends to have none at .all.' ci A man isn't ah optimist when he doesn't thorsz'mg tue sale and manufacture of liq imagine a toothache is as nice as eating ap- uor n said town or city." pie pie. ' - . Sec. 5. That said chapter 233 of the TWhen a girl doesn't eat too much candy Puolic Laws of 1903 bo further amended it is a sign sne uvea in a cuumry wucrc hv Rf1din thereto another section, after they don't have any. j " It's an awful nice surprise to try to kiss a girl on the cbeek and miss it because her lips are in the way. New York Press. Blackburn, Versus Price. the preceding -. section, to be numbered "section twenty-one,'' as follows: t, 4SThat the possession of or issuance to any person, firm or corporation of a license to nutnu faclure, rectify or sell, at wholesale or re tail, spirituous or malt liquors,by the Unit ed States government or any officer, there Rahsbnrv N. C Feb. 9. Special, t of, in any couniy, cwy or town, wnere me 'WW I - . . , - - . - ' . There is every indication of a lively tilt be manufacture, sale rectification of spirituous tweeu Representative-elect Blackburn of or malt liquors is forbidden by law 01 . tnisx this d'strict and A. H. Price, assistant dia- State, shall be prima facia evidence that trict attorney. In an interview today with J the person, firm or corporation having such the Evening Pott, Mr. Price declared Mr, license, or to whom the same was issued, Blackburn's purpose, as he puis it to enroll was guilty of doing the act permitted fey every federal officeholder in the state as a the said license, in violation of the laws of omiur nf ihA RAiinhHrAn nlnh at Greens- this State." x Wo. m thnt Rlnnkburri has SeC. 6. That chapter 233 of the Public that te must walk the plank, and Laws of 1903 be farther amended by cbang a 1. hi nuroose to nenonallv visit ing the figures, "2 J," in line one, section the president and attorney gereraiaad prer twenty, thereof, to the figures "23." sent t, them his record a. a public .official SeC. 7. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby re -That Funny Irishman. Judge Bradyrfor many years a pop ular city judge in New York,, says an exchange, could tell hundreds of legal stories, especially about Irish witness es. : ' ' ' - ; '.'One day," said the Judge; i "O'Raf- ferty was up before me for assaulting Patrick Murphy. "Mr. D'Rafferty,' I said, -'now why St. Petersburg, Feb.. 9. The army organ publishes official statistics of Field Marshal Oyama's forjees based on regi mental numbers on the uniforms of the Tinonaso IHIIaA rlnHnor t.ViA Ancrncrpmonla Tta nnPMtinna hftTC Imnnwrishwl nr I . . - , I ', ... t . - v r 1 wi,ri (ipnopftl K nronat.kfn'Rforpps. . Ar-1 AiA tmn cfxilro M'"lfninti9t ruineJ farmers and - stockmen, destroyed ...a vA, A, A ' i. n wiuiug uv wis vuo BuwM ui i jciu - joecausc, x or uuuur, iuurpuy wuuiu Marshal Oyama's regular troops is plac- not give'me a civil answer. ' ed at 265,000 cavalry and infantry - and ; "What was the civil'question you ask- 800 guns." ITI total number ot reser- ed him?" ' i'V i : . 7 ,v-; vista is probably 100,000 Military men "I asked him as polite as yez please, Walked in His Sleep for. TWO Miles estimate General Kuropatkln's superi-1 yer honor, says I: "Murphy, an't your I orikjr i auuuo ,uw,vw wcu wnuuuu iu-1 own urotner pne uiggesu ixraie on aian- Wiuston, N. C. Jan. 23. Near Fiddler's duding the Sixteenth army corps which hattan Island : excepting yourself and Creek, Forsyth county, last week,' a stran J is not yet in the far east. These figures yer uncle, who is 1 absent tn the peni ger named Reid, of Iredell - county, stop-1 are likely to dash the hopes of the tentiary at Sing Sing?" . ped at the farm house of Mr. C. B. Crews P06 party which has distinctly been ''And what rude answer, did he give acquiring influence in nign quarters to such a civil question?7 during the last few days, F , " ETe said to me: 'r "Av course, O.Raf- Rear Admiral Nebogatoff's warships f erty, prisint company excepted. " So forming the third Russian ; Pacifflc I said: "Murphy you are another," and Squadron, have been painted a blacker I thini yer honor, I struck him wid m u7a.T nlor. Two more transoorta ac I T AiA t V -v - - fl - I uavi - companying this great squadron will be sailed within a week. " or the right. Mr. Crews chatted with the stranger until bed time and then show ed him to his room. About 5 o'clock the next morning the good wife had the break fast prepared and suggested to Mr. Crews hat he call his guest. He accordingly opened the room door and was horrfied to find that the man's clothes were hanging upon a chair and his shoes : sitting on the floor," but the bed was deserted. ,He Called bis wife, and together they searched the Tokio, Feb. 9. A report from "Man- churian headquarters says that the 1 Russians have continued their bombard- man', tho' Uit.fon . nf t.Vi Rrifttrrio yard, the barn and aH therawstacks, bat slDce the nlghf of ' February: 7. The records of the Washington police court shows that the ;num ber of wife beaters -arrested last year was greater than ever before. This it should : be remembered makes no - account . of -the wife no man could be found. Mr. Crews gave continue intrenching in front of beaters whose wives withdraw the the alarm and a general search was institu- Un e and in the vicinity cha against . them and of -ted. About 8 o'clock they found their 7, 1 . 6 ' . - - - man away down the Greensboro road, two Heikoutai. , course says nothing of r the wives mUes distant, at Mr. Harris Smith's, where ,. . . , who were beaten' and said nothing he had " showed up about 12 o'clock the , Tokio, Feb. O.The impression pre- about it. If the" whipping post night before in his underclothes and stock- vails here that the impending battle be- Qr wfe beaters' for which Repre- x ing f ( et. Jle. had arisen in his sleep and tween the r armies' of Field : Marshall ... Adam8 bin provides is walked across the fields,' until awakened by Oyama and General Kuropatkin will wiitatiYe Aaam ? Dill provides is the snow and eold, and seeking the first occur before any material thaw takes passed.it. maybe safely predicted house, begged Mr. Smith to take him in, place, which would convert the coun. that wife' beating will ' show a which he reluctantly acceded to. I Continued on 4tn rage. .1 marked decline. solemn fact remains that we are not car- and loyal Republican.
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