NO HALL OF RECORDS
Senate Voles Down Bill Carrying
$100,000 Appropriation For New
Buildinir Bv Vote of 1 6 to 24
i oi me judges oi me superior uourts.
i Mr. Duls introduced a-bill to restrict in-
TU F I AM FSTOWN FX POSITION Cing debts by municipalities. The bill
solicitors in section 3737 Of second volume
of the Code, and the amendments thereto I
would be collected as heretofore provided
I and paid to the clerks of the Superior
Court of the several couuties, and by them
paid into the State Treasury... The salaries
provided in the bill for solicitors would be
I paid by the State Treasurer upon; the
certificates - of the clerks' of the Superior
Courts of the several counties in the same
: ntauner as now provided "for the oavment
era
E ACT ADOPTED
House Recommends Feiw (taps
. and Consideration of Measure
Short-Lined -
KIDNAPPED?
where liauor: selling1 is prohibited bv
law. : The same requirements in obtain
ing licenses for grain , distilleries is re
quired a9 for sale of liquor, with twelve
freeholders on application -.. for distil-
Sio Tleoiy About tie Yooni.Son of
200 feet of a church, nor where sale of
MERCHANT'S TAX CUT OUT
Commissioners or other" governing au-
Recommendations of The ' Gov
ernor Concerning State's Rep
resentation There
Raleigh Feb. 28, 1905.
The Senate on Saturday by a vote of
24 to 16 refused to authorize the State
to issue bonds lathe amount of $100,000
for the purpose of constructing a flail
of Records. There was a spirited dis
cussion oyer the bill, many Senators
favoring a bond issue of $500,000 or $1,
000,000, for the enlargement of the
Capitol Building and for other purposes,
but opposing the smaller issue.
Vn aulouuuicuif nmuusicu bu ravo
the bill by striking out the section pro
viding for a bond issue, and directing
thority of ay munidpauty to contract in- Interesting Synopsis of "Amend-
liquor is orohibited by law, provided
that no liceose is to be granted to
manufacture where, manufacturing is
prohibited by law. - The merchants tax
J is omitted. Dealers in pistols may sell
jbistol cartridges without the $20 tax.
j The tax . of . 40 cents on the $100 is
.stricken from the taxes on sales of pia-
.Senator Beasley
REWARD MAYBE OFFERED
debtednesa for the necessarv expenses of
such y municipality, shall be restricted to
the term for which they shall have been
chosen; and no contract entered into by
such municipal authorities fora longer
period than their term of office shall be
valid and biudrog oa the corporation after
the expiration of such - lerm unless such
contract shall be submitted to the people,
and authorized by the' popular yote.
A large ..umber o' local bills were pass
ed, the calendar being practically cleared.
The House
measures.
passed nearly 206.
THE DAKOTA BONDS
ments Accepted.Whiskey
Comes In For Share
Of Taxes
,: r .
. Raleigh, N, C. Feb. 27, 1905,
The House, on motion of Represent
ative Wood, of Randolph, the House
went into Committee of the Whoje
Saturday night at 9 o'clock! to consider
the Revenue bill and Machinery Acts,
local and Representative Cuningham, of Per
son, was called to the chair.
Mr. Wood read the Revenue bill by
secitons, noting the principal changes
from the act of 1905. -The changes, so
far as it was possible to learn from the
The Mother of the Boy Neither
aos and organs. Piano and organ firms Eats Nor Sleeps But All the
.i
. Time Cries "Give Me
the Body of My Boy"
are allowed agents at tax one dollar
each and .$5.00 each to county without
. tax by town, city or county. A tax of
I "3 1-3 per cent on business done in the
i State is put on express companies, only
1 the ad "valorem tax being allowed towns
and cities. . ,
There wereT no changes of any im-
f portance made in the Machinery Act,
except that there are some additions
to the property exempt from taxation,
these being mainly in line with the
property now exempt." ; -
- The committee rose, but its beiner
thrM 150,000 annually for two years be Senate Judiciary Provides Joint the printed bill are as follows: -
taKen irom tuw iwuiauw wmuiis- .i IIMil n... Tn SnhPftntA A' t. inhoritannAlft, ,
uommiuee w net wiin uov. . r r : r
is to apply to real property m aaqition
The Senate Judiciary Committee yes- tb personal, property. It is maue the!
stoner's receipts, to pay for the erection
of the Hall of Records, but the amend-
Maddened by the passag-e of the Ward
outy oi boucuor oi tne nstrico to sue. bill in the iSenate and made desperate by
delinquents for the recovery of , such l he prospect of its passage in the House,
tax, his tee not to exceed hve per cent j lne opposition suddenly turned upon Unit-
providing that $50,000 be appropriated respect to the situation as to the mth ed by tbe judge, the clerk to be allow-1 ;to their criticisms he cave out this state
ment failed, and theD fail ed to pas3 its
second reading.
A 1oint resolution was
cernioc the Jamestown
offered con-Exposition,
terday afternoon voted unanimously to re
port favorably the Duls sabsitiutrfor the
two rrsolutious of Mr. Zollicoffer In tht
Senate and Mr. Muinhy in the House in
to that institution, one-third payable Dakota and Schafer Brothers bonds.
out of the taxes levied in 1905, one- The substitute, which provides for the
third payable out of the taxes levied in appointment of a joint committee to in
1906 and one-third payable out of the vestigate the entire mitter of both the
taxes levied in 1907, for the purpose of South Dakota and the Schafer bomls, two
providing a suitable exhibit- for the members of the committee to come from
State of North Carolina at the James the Senate and three from the House: the
ed costs of advertising and ' reasonable
fees and -expenses incurred in collecting pages. It should bepieserved
the tax. In the income tax section all
incomes obtained from commissions are
added this being added so as . to catch
insurance agents: a provision exempting
incomes obtained from commissioners
town Exposition in 1907, the appropria- five to act with the Governor and to confer from the sale of leaf tobacco, cotton
tion to be issued by the commission to with the Council of State, Is as follows:
be created . The bill authorizes the "Resolved by the Senate, the House
Governor to appoint a commission to concurring: .
represent the State at the exposition to , "That a special committee of five
coasist of ten citizens of the State, one three on the part of the House and two on
from each Congressional district. The the Senate, together with th Governor of
commission would have a president, the State, be and they are hereby appoint-
secretary and other officers, but none ed with full power and authority to take
of the commissioners would be entitled all such steps after consultation with the
to pay or expenses. The bill empowers Council of State as may in their opinion
and other f.v m, products " was stricken
the commission to erect at Jamestown a
creditable state building suitable of ex
hibiting the State's resources, to cost
not less than "$10,000 nor more than
$15,000.
NO TRUE BILLS
Grand Jury of Buncombe Fails to
Indict Campaign .Managers
Ah$ent Witnesses. Fined
Special to The Observer.
Asheviile, Feb. 23. The grand jury of
the present term, of the Buperior Court, to
which was consigned the task of investigat
ing the alleged use of whiskey and, money
during the labt election tor the purpose of
illegally influencing Votes, has finished its
work, made Its report and " has been dis
charged by Judge Moore. The grand jury
failed to find a true bill against the three
parties charged with conspiracy in con
nection with the use of " whUkey for cam
paign purposes, and also roported that
under the eviden.ee it was able to secure It
was not justified iu making' presentments
fjr any such alleged offonces. After mak
ing its report the foreman ot the grand
iurv stated that several witnesses who had
eA failed to aDDear. The
out. " -v - --.-.-'.."
In Schedule "B'Mn defining; it
is declared licenses obtained shall be a
personal privilege, not transferable,
nor an abatement in the tax allowed,
and unleas otherwise provided the tax
to be collected, in the county where in
curred. For circuses and shows with
menageries the tax is made $300 a per
be Necessary to properly protect the in- formance for exhibitions where admis-
teresls of the State of North Carolina, sion and reserved seats exceeds 75 cents
with respect to the judgment Of the State of or where it does not exceed 75 cents or
South Dokota; that said committee be and where more than fifteen cars are re-
tbey'are a1 so authorised to confer with the qUired to transport the circus $200 a
Council of State and also with any performancewhen less ..than fifteen
authorized representative of the holders of are required 150. The former tax
the bonds commonly referred to as the B $200 to main and $50 to side show
Schafer Bros. B mds, and they' will report where 50 cent3 is charged, other $50.
to the General Assembly at the present ses- Tjrider the new regulation $5Q is charg-
siou, whether in their opinion there should e eaca . 8ide how, attached or unat-
A gentleman in Raleigh has received a
letter from a party living near the home of
Senator Beasley, from which" the following
extract is taken: ,
'They are searching for Beasley 's boy
yet but have not ' found him. They have
searched the potato houses aod hills and
wells, under, the hall and houses, every
outhouse, fodder 16ft, barn, woods and
swamp. The searchers get in on one side
shown that only thirty-five members of the swamp and go clear through, the
men Demg about five feet apart. ' -
"The bloodhound Went to a Yankee's
house,' and the Yankee lives back in the
swamp with no ... one but - a boy1 and the
-Yankee said that the last time he saw the
boy that ' his dog barked and he jumped
behind a bunch of bnshes. " That was his
first tale. The next tale was that the last
time he saw him he ran by his house and
the next tale was the last- time he saw him
he was in his "yard, but he never told that
until the bloodhound trailed the boy to the
Yankee man's house. .When the dog got
to the door he locked , his door and put his
key into his pocket and would not let them
search in his house, but the men made him
let them in and searched his house but did
not find the boy.
present no report was made to the
House. The bill will be reported on
Monday and other changes are to be
expected.
Senator Simmons Responds
inent, which will ba found on our news
If the opiositio thought "to bull-doze
him, they "were foolish. If -they thought
to frighten him, they were more so. Sena
tor Simmons is not the mar to weaken
uuaer any circumstances, lie is serv
ing his State. He is not a radical prohibi
tionist, but he is a sound advocate of tem
perance and of practicable measures rificht-
: eouceivl iu the Intet est of temperance.
lie has adopteu tne policy or rural pro
hibition and municipal local option, and
the opposition i3 very much mistaken if it
thinks to drive him from his position."
Moreover, their threads will come to
naught. If they have any effect they will
strengthen the 'popular regard for Senator
Simmons. He becarre Senator because of
his magnificent political leadership. He
will remain Senator not- only on that ac
count but because he is bravely using his
power to serve the people of our Common
wealth. Every effort the distillers make
against hi iu elevates and fortifies him in
the esteem of the people. Biblical Ke-
corder, :
Make Your Work Count
where a hasty axaminatipn showed that
he was beyond human -aid and had been
dead when picked up. ; " .; " :
Midshipman Battle entered, the naval
academy from Asheville ;.N.. C. on Au-.
gust 29, 1902. - and since that time has
taken jsi ' prominent place among his
classmates. , He was a member of the .
hop , committee both last year and this
year, and last season pulled stroke oar
on the varsity eight. - -
Threats of Lynching
Jackson, Miss., Feb. 24. A negro nam
ed Stewart Johnson was arrested today on
suspicion that he was the man who brutally
assaulted Miss Mary .Marsh yesterday
afternoon. The negro, against whom there
is a good deal of evidence, was lodged in
jail. 'One man who claims to hare been
on the other side of the street when the
assault occurred identified Johnson as the
ability party. .Great crowds " gathered to
night and threats of lynching were made.
At a mass meeting Governor Vardaman
announced the appointment of Col. R. J.
Harding, former sheriff of the county, as
colonel of the regiment of civil guards
which will be formed. AT captain was
named for each i ward in the city. ; They
in turn will select the members of their
companies. .
A negrp church was burned early today. .
THE SECOND 100,000 DOLLARS
Warrants Sent Out By State Treas
urer To Various Counties
The warrants on the state treasury
were issued recently for the apportion
ment of the second hundred thousand
dollars of the state7 public school fund
to bring the schools in the weaker
counties up to the , minimum four
months' school term. The county re-
' "There was a strange man seen up ceiving the largest amount is Wilkes.
about Barcopostofflce and two more places $4,421,93, -the second largest ffoes to
by three different men. He was in a bug- Cleveland,' $2,851,11, and the third
gy drawn by a black mule, and had the largest amount to Cumberland, $3,720,
boy down between his knees, but the.peo- 67: The followinff is the list of western
pie saw him before. they heard the boy was counties in the apportionment and the
missing, .lhe men say that saw him that amouut each received: . - -
the boy was crying aod seamed to be dig- t;iay . 283 02
satisfied, but the man was - talking to him Graham...... " ' 430.35
rough. " . Henderson ....... .. 462.00
Mr. Ansell, clerk of the court, met him j Jackson-.'.... "..2 014 68'
near the court huse and he was eoioir I Mannn ; - o qa An
1 ,
be any legislation iu
News S? Observer,
regard thereto. v-
tached to the circus. Oculists and op
ticians are not relieved of the extra tax j
in cities, towns or counties The tax in
Truckers And ; Gardeners Should
Plant Largely of Early Peas
The severe weather which, we hag ext
perienced during February, and which has
extended fardown into Florida, is going
to make a considerable shortage in early
green vegetables, and n this account our
markets will be very bare of green vege
tables until late in the season. Indications
are that the earliest crops of green vege
ihioa will sell at eood Drices, both in
WVVavw - - -
home markets ad in the 'large cities
North. fm
The oDDortunitv preseated
One day Thomas A. Edison was ramb
ling through the grounds and buildings of
Columbia University, and his eye happen- they were. Mr. Griggs phoned back that he
north. No one paid any attention to him
until they heard him talking so roughly to
the boy. "No one that saw him knew him,
if they had it was such a bad " day, it was
raining and snowing, too, and I suppose
that he was wrapped up and had his storm
spread up. If they had ever seen him be
fore they might not have known him.
"The strange man was first noticed by
Mr. Caleb Barco as he t passed by Bareo
postoffl.ee and he did not know who he was
and, u bore on ' Mr-, Barco's mind that the
boy was so dissatisfied that he, Mr. Barco,
phoned to Mr, Jack Griggs and asked him
if he had seen the man and boy and who
Madison ... 737.23
McDowell; ....:........2)16.87
Mitchell...;.....w... :t . ..2,402.18
Polk....... ;. 714.97
Rutherford . 7. . . . . ...... . . .. . . . . ,2,007.71
Yancey . . . . ...... . . . ; . t .'...7.. ..... . 1,322.08
Two Months of Revival Effort"
T.' -r z - ea to rest on me electrical plant then Just had seen them pass but did uot know who
m at linn a voon in--aafh flfinnt.V. . T .... . .1 .
i.WJ-vv: .- ' r - .i erectea. " vv no put mat up?'- he inquired, thev wre. Mr. AnRell , halted bnt th
Every one conducting a livery stable IIe wa3 tW and immediately sought out other man kept'dnving. Mr. Ansell notic- a"d
Mv w t,--. tne young mau to secure his services.
sold is classed as a norse aeaier, witn
an extra tax of $25. Peddlers or ven
dors of medicines" are taxed $100 a coun-
ty; the tax on other jpeaaiers on loot
being raised from $li0 to $25 a county
those with horse,- mule or ox with or
without vehicle from $30 to $r0 for each
county. Poor and infirm persona and
Confederate soldiers may be exempted
bv the county commissioners. A tax of
ed the boy's actions. That
Beth Liow, then president of the univec-1 evenins that the straneer was seen. He
sit y, was abroad. He was communicated never was seen before nor since that any
wjth, and by cab'e consented to the res- one knows of in this county, nor I never
ignatwn of tbe engineer, who immediate- heard of auv one seeing him anywhere
ly entered the service of Mr. Edison, I eiSe. ' . :" "
where many years were subsequently spent Mr, Joshua Harrison went off Tuesday
in the successful employment of his time morning and never got back until Sunday.
and talents. His financial reward was He claimed that he had been to Pasouo-
correspondingly satisfactoiy.: ; , tank." The Yaukee would not help them
I bat vQuriff engineer left bis mark on I o.o-m tnw tv.o vsw toiiinrr tiiom that thov
to our south- v - i uis-wui, auu was icuuguiicu ujr me would nna him. . tie .was tne only man
each compress,. in place of this ta.x on. traine(1 observer and by one who Was in a I that rHA nnt turn fimt frnm Snnwden's to
,aiucu " . each l.OQQ bales compressea, An enure nntit!nn tAn thi vonncr .-nan . rrhM f xru un
mo.nov mil nf npna onrt other earlV trUCK I . - V . , I w ""w J" r .u.uv ruwci ruiui, iium iwuu iur w iuc
money out of peas and otnereariy c section is given to tdot-raachines, fnhl tnm i P.stRhnShW htm in hi . -
crops is one haf they should pot ian w ft
Asheville, N. C, Feb .. 20. Special.
The pastors of the city and religious,
workers are making preparations for - a
two-month's religous campaign here
that will extend through the municipal
election, and will in all probability have
a marked effect on that election, Miss
Blodgett ishow holding daily! meetings
in the First Baptist church for vromen
is . drawing immense crowds. - At
was Monday the conclusion of this meetinsr ' Dr.-
Reiley pWndianapolis will come to the
First Baptist church for a three weeks
revival, and this" will be followed by a
Bible conference, when Dr. Munhall,
the well kno wn " Philadelphia evangel
ist, will; come here April 19 to conduct
a series of meetings that will last three
weeks. The services will be held in the
Auditorium and all the - pastors of the
city will co-operate.
ROW AT SALUDA.
tides are obtained
county where ar-
from machines by
.Jmntom nf ' TCatIv npaa are one or
!rM 1 rr Z, rt J P just as soo: as IDe grouna can u . ., . hin or stencn
thA nxt term of the Superior Court ana
show cause why execudpn should not issue
against thpm. The witnessss fined were:
Jf. 4. Mackey. chairman of te Democratic
county executive committee, wfyo is now in.
Rajeighj pr. J. s. T. Baird, the defeated
ftepUcan candidate fgr the legislature;
George J. Sprinkle, Alfred Starnes,
cqunty suryeyor, and Qr. A- M. Ballard,
defeated Republican candidate for coroner.
TO salary Solicitors
gotten ready.
The Mn Who Thinks
fThe gpeat problems of h world are
machines. Machines used as automa;tic
clerks are exempted. Cither slot mar
chines or thqse with nude or obscene
figures are prohibited under penalty of
a misdemeanor, fine $250 to $500, or im-
favorable turn iu eatablishiug him in his
life work.
Every younff man has the! same oh'ance.
The imprint left on his work is always
visilileralways noticed by some one If
i i3 good he is sooner or later taken by the
hand and , led . ; up .,' to a higher sphere; if
bad hut it never-, should be bad! -Merchant's
Journal,-
not going to be landed oyer to the men of priSOnnient three monthis to one year' f The following, said by a Western paper
men of brains," said a or botb- ; - .- V V to oe tne Siecu.oran xnuian mer, ae-
The taj? for 'futures" is kept in so serves to take, a place among tne classics:
as to tax these if the Wood ard bill "AU that the red man is to-day ne owes
i..ti,. mi moinQtod wttera mAr1imn(9 1 to the mlc-face. .. e have - been -so
r,- Umiors that intoxicate are put in benevolently: assimilated that one measly
thought. A man thin?;
muscles but "to tbe
lecturer, and then he "developed the idea
for his hearers.; : C
Jt is true that the forces that exert the
are tbe torces or
thine In
Bill By Senator Pearson Contains shapes
uch Provision
.Jlaleigb 1 0. Ffb. 20, 1905.
The only new bill of wide public impor
tance introduced . Saturday in the Senate,
was that by Mr Pearson to pay the solici
tors of the State a stipulated salary Instead
of fees. The bill-repeals section 373(5,
chapter 67, of the second volume of the
Code, and provides that " from and after
July 1, 1805 the State solicitors of the
several judicial districts of "North Carolina
shall be paid a 'salary of twenty-fiye huur
dred dollars ($2,500) each per year in lteu
of the fees and allowances now provided
by law. The fees how prescribed for State
most powenu. ; lut. ' ln nnto whiskev dealers government agent could round up and herd
UC EC ID ouu'i' I -a. . .
The man of
. . ... (?,ndin nee beer, medicated bitters, lobster g.yes m a hottie or wmssey witn a
. . : 9ko anno Vifiino- imDnsedrthis f a whole Indian reservation . ine paie-tace
motion, ine man oi orsuiB - 7- - , .'
And the string reaches to
court room, where we lie
arouud for a couple of weeks while the
witnesses ate cashing in thir pay Vouchers.
Thfin we walk home in a snow storm. The
sun of the red man is setting in the west
Soon Will his copper-colored tribes be as-
tbe thinking. ; : i O t i . . ..v. w nrt, M snlrl similated bv the copper trusts, and he will
- W ' wno is compe led to gr , - be extinct au may put him in a bicycle
begin .life: by entering .tne. service u, - - , rA license suit and taH shoes, but he will continue to
another would learn to tnmK, u is ouiy a rj "r"' ,ni.fl Uem for olanked muskrat and Jamais
Matter : of . time until the. His davs are numbered;. For a
thought, well-directed, has . wrought for wi n
him a mijjhty change, and ; he nimseit is 1 r1 . : 1; .mvpmmpnt commissioner, but he is fad-
pursuing. He developes it into a concrete ctuoi, .u.r . - . -
bis service tht other human force- "'TZT.Si
muscle, thai does not think. It perform, lar w tnB c!..ou ,u , "V
provides a tax 01 uuo uuuai- o' u
r ; . : . I (.. .ii mamiuM wiViprp ' liniiofS are sold
hv flnterine the service 01 ui T
- " . -. . .. . 1 n ctmniv trt Ri?ranfi
thinking for others and directing their vuu, "v? , - Uw Jwav and vou can see his fioish.
. m 11 . H.1 A rY Wl3 T-W III linli 1 IIVT.l J-tA. V Vy I - n " .. m
forces for his own greater
chant's Journal. ;
success. -Aier- 1 jaws.
oldjind-no
club is to . be incorporated have spoken-Charlotte Observer,
Six Negroes Attempt to Take the
. Town. . '
Atlantic ocean.
VPBople from the beach and everywhere
around are getting up a petition to get the
Governor to put eut a reward for his body j
dead or -alive. , They think that rMrs. On last Thursday niffhf six negroes
Beasley will die. She eats nothing nor concluded two take charge of the South
sleeps none only as they give her medicine ern railway outfit and the town of Sa-'
to make her sleep .. and the minute her at the same time two officers and
eyes open she is crying, 'Give me the manv citizens ioined In a Ditch battle
body of my boy.' "News & Observer fand when the smoke cleared away six
negroes were in limbo and quiet .was
Midshipman Battle Fell Dead- at restored.: One of the negreesin the
the; officers "and made an attempt, to
shoot him but by-standera took a part
.. , , Academy. :
Annapolis, Md., Feb. 20. Midship
man Samuel Westray Battle, Jr., sec
ond class, and a son Of Surgeon Samuel
W. Battle of Asheville, N. C, a' retir
ed NavaV officer, dropped" dead at the
in the fight and saved the officer's life
One of the negroes .received a load of
shot in his face ' from a gun in the
hands of a.. citizen, and this probably
Acadamy yesteroay. The young man's saved the life of the omcer. lhe whole
death was due to heart failure, and gang was boun 1 and brought to Hen
came just as the brigade of midship- dersonville. and -lodged in jail. .The
men were assembling for the. regular cause of the whole trouble was, just as
dinner for formation and when the sur- "usual, attributed: to liquor. All of the
rounding grounds were filled with the gang were well tanked with the Iniqui-
usual Sunday crowd of .Academy and tous and ? soul-destroying beverage,
maoy young girls from other cities who Riot and rogury followed the drinking.
had attended the hop Saturday night.
-Young Battle had just taken his ap- " Senator -Lodge - says that the
pointed: place as third petty officer of LGovernment seeds are a humbug.
the ninth company, second battalion, A trnoJ manv naonle who have
when he was seen to stagger and fall
before anyone reached him.; He was
taken at once to the' academy hospital,
many
planted, them
opinion.
are of -the same