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tan Eotero n VOL. III. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1907. NO. 43 eig LETTER FROM BILKINS. The Thaw Trial Bilkins Watching the Legislature Betsy Preparing for Spring Gardening The Rail road Rate Question The Salary Raise and the Fee System The Snow Storm Bob Waiting for a Deep Snow. Correspondence Raleigh Enterprise. Bilkinsville, N. C, Feb. '21. Dear Editur; Ergain yore corre spondent hev taken up hiz pen ter describe the passin' ov human events fer yore valuable paper. In the first place the fpurmust news at this time iz that er Thaw trial at New York, at which arristokratic wimen crowd ter hear the nawsheating details ov how, that libertine Stanford White drawed inter his spiderweb that buti ful and lovely little dancin' gal, Eve lene Nasty Thaw, who plaid the roll ov Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde. She seams ter take a deelight in layin' open ter the world the undoin' of he snowwhite character, in drinkin' shampaine dashed with love powders, given her by Stanford White, who had a mortgage on her before Harry Thaw seed her in ther limelight ov lovelyness. The reckollecshun ov the former relashuns ov White with Evelene thru Shaw inter jelus spasms and made him shoot White dead in ther Roof Garden Theatre. The -cabuls an' telygraff lines air workin' day an', nite ter giv ther durty per tickulars ter the civilyzed world ov this nasty trial. I cannot giv ther detales fer fear yore excellent paper .would be "put on the unfair list" by ther governmint. I must now watch them kommun ists in the Legislater who hev past the 2-cent passinger fare on the-big railrodes runnin' thru this here State. The radykal Demykrats will ruin the State if they air not headed off by by a sycloan. The Sinate iz ther on ly conservytive body. They air "safe, sane, an' sound" men ov branes who hev the wellfair ov the State in ther mines when they consider sich momentus questions az reduse ing the fare on railrodes. What does them kopperhead Dimykrats frum Swampoodle County know er bput railrodes? They would not kno er railrode frum an orter mobile if they wuz ter meet them in the county rode. , I see ther State offishals hev bin put on er sallary an' awl fees must be turned over ter the State. The officers wages haz bin raized. The county officers will awl be put on er sallery an' ther fees go ter the county. Hit's a gude idea, fer the rodes over which me and Bob hev to travel need macaddermizin awful bad, an' those tarnashun fees will soon put them in firstclass condishun. The laborers ov the State hev awlso bin raized. That iz gude awlso. Just az I sed, the " expected has happened. That snow which has bin waitin' in the northside drug store corners fer two weeks wuz waintin' fer another one, which cum in on time Wednesday mornin'. If hit will snow deep ernuff me an' Bob will take another slayride ter Millburney. " Betsy iz now doin' her spring plowin' In her truck garden. She expecks ter make 4,000 cabbages, l,000,000',buhches ov sellery, $1, OOOvOOO swbrth ov snap beans, an' winter 'cbirafds by the millyuns. But I hev no time ter munkey with her truck garden; I have other irons in the fire which need attenshun an' must get it; so I will let Betsy run her garden ter her heart's content. Hopin' ter write you ergin soon, I am, Yours az ever, ZEKE BILKINS. THE LEGISLATURE. Passage of Bills Seizure of Distill . cries. : The following bills passed their final reading: To amend and re-enact Chapter 109, Laws of 1899, and re-establish Pinnacle graded school. To amend the charter of Canton, Haywood County. To enlarge a special school tax district in Iredell County. Mr. Aycock moved that the rail way rate bill be made a special or der for next Tuesday at 12 o'clock. Mr. Graham, chairman of the Committee on Railroads, said he would not oppose the motion, and fa vored it. Mr. Blair said he had an amend ment he would like to offer to the railway rate bill. Mr. Daniel favored the postpone ment. Mr. McLear had no objection. The motion of Mr. Aycock pre vailed. , Mr. Blair's amendment provide that from and after April 1, 190 'I, only one first-class fare shall be charged by the railroads, not to ex ceed two and one-half cents; all rail roads shall issue interchaneable mile age books, good over all railroads, and not to exceed two and one-half cents per mile; railroad companies having less than 1 0 0 miles of tracks shall not be required to issue such mileage, but must honor mileage books of other railroads. A penalty not to exceed $2,000, and not to be less than $500, is provided for each violation of any section of this act. Mr. Mason offered an amendment to the Graham bill to make the rate two and three-quarter cents for first-class fare, and two and one quarter cents for second-class fares. The amendments of Mr. Blair and Mr. Mason went with the bill. The following bills passed their final reading: To establish special tax school dis trict in Caswell County. Resolution thanking faculty and officers of Wake Forest for an invi tation to attend the anniversary of the literary societies. To establish Glen Alphine school district in Burke County. To amend the law relative to the Bryson City graded school. Supplemental to an act to author Ize Brunswick County to subscribe to the capital stock of a certain rail road.- . :;:;v' Seizure of Distilleries. The bill of Mr. Ormond, to amend Section 3533 of the Revisal, relating to the seizure of illicit distilleries, awarding $10 to any sheriff, deputy or other Etate officer, and allowing all necessary expenses, for the cap ture of every illicit distillery, and the delivery of it to the United States Revenue officers, and upon satlsfac tory proof that he has made the cap ture and turned the still over to the revenue officer for confiscation, was debated. Mr. Buxton and Mr. Reid moved to amend by extending their coun ties. Mr. Carter moved to exempt Surry and Stokes Counties, saying such a law would ruin Surry. Mr. Hicks offered an amendment to make an allowance for deputies. Mr. Fleming offered an amend ment to allow $20 instead of $10 and to eliminate the expense allow ance. Mr. Mason opposed the amend ments to exempt counties, saying the bill should be a general law or a special enactment. He said he was opposed to a dead-letter law on the statute books and the provision of the Watts act, which this bill amends, is useless without the amendment proposed to this bill. Mr. Carter spoke against the bill, saying he was opposed to the State's paying for the seizure of property that must be turned over to the Fed eral authorities. Mr. Ormond spoke for his bill, saying it was only a measure to make effective the section of the Watts act which it amends. He said he had for months been considering this matter, and his bill was the re sult of his mature thought and judg ment. ' V.;'. ' Mr. Dickey argued in support of the bill. - .1 Mr. Rives favored the bill, and made. a speech. advocating it. i Mr. Long spoke for the bill and against the amendments exempting the counties. The amendments of Mr. Buxton and Mr. Reid, exempting Forsyth and Rockingham, carried, and the amend ment of Mr. Carter, exempting Stoke3 and Surry, was lost. The amendment of Mr. Hicks al lowing $2.00 for each deputy with the sheriff taking a distillery, car ried. " The amendment of Mr. Fleming making the fee $20 instead of $10; was lost. An amendment by Mr. Brown to limit the expenses of the sheriff to $15 was lost. The bill passed its second reading as amended. Mr. Blair offered an amendment striking out $10 and substituting $5, and the amendment was lost. Mr. Mason moved to reconsider the motion by which Forsyth County was exempted. Mr. Buxton opposed the motion, making an earnest speech, and re ferred to the dark periods when For syth County was ridden by revenue robbers and was the headquarters of radicals. He declared if his county were not exempted the next Legis lature would have a radical Senator and radical Representatives from Forsyth County. To prevent the re currence of radical misrule and Re publican triumph in Forsyth, he de clared, that county must be exempt ed. The proposition of Mr. Mason, he said, is to take the Democratic sheriff of his county and make him risk his life and his party; and after Mr. McLean had read the section sought to be amended, Mr. Buxton said that section was the worst feat ure of the Watts act, as it made the sheriff the tool of the revenue offi cers. A spirit is in his county, he said, which believes that such a law is un-Democratic. His county, For syth, he said, pays its sheriff a sal ary, and that sheriff would be indict able if he accepted a dollar of the fee authorized in the bill. Mr. McLean said he thought For syth should be exempted, and asked Mr. Mason to withdraw his motion to reconsider. Mr. Mason said he did not know Rockingham County had also been exempted, or would have also includ ed that county in his motion to re consider. He had made the motion to be consistent, and after having heard the speech of Mr. Buxton, ho said he would withdraw his motion to reconsider. Mr. McLean said this was not a party measure, and he did not see justice in exempting Rockingham and refusing to exempt Surry and Stokes. He said he was opposed to the whole bill anyway, and moved to lay it on the table. He withdrew his motion to permit Mr. Long to speak. ' . Mr. Long thought any county should be exempted if the Senators desired it. Mr. Blair offered an amendment, exempting Montgomery, which was adopted, and another amendment was offered by Mr. Carter exempting Stokes and Surry, which was also adopted. Mr. Reid spoke against the bill, declaring it made the Democratic sheriff a spy, attaching to him an odium which would make him a stench in the nostrils of the people and he declared the bill would be dangerous to the Democratic party. The bill passed its third reading as amended. Passed Final Reading. The following bills passed their final reading: To appoint Zimri Keisler a justice of the peace for Cleveland County. To amend the law to incorporate the Tuckaseigee Railway Company. To incorporate Nazareth Orphans' Home in Rowan County. To amend the law relative to trial of real actions in Hertford County, where the records have been destroy ed, not to apply to pending actions. An act supplemental to an act re lating to hunting of squirrels in Le noir County. To prohibit the sale of spirituous liquors, wine or cider within two miles of Friendship church, Faison Township, Duplin County. Joint resolution to pay expenses of sub-committee of the Senate which inspected the State Hospital at Mor ganton. Joint resolution requesting Sena tors and Representatives from North Carolina in Congress to use their in fluence in securing appropriations for improving the Cape Fear River. To authorize street and inter urban railway companies to build and maintain water power plants. To establish a dispensary in the town of Creedmoor, Granville County. To amend Section 1891 of the Re visal, in regard to the appointment of guardian on certificate from hos pitals for the Insane, allowing guar dians to be appointed on the certifi cate from government hospitals for the insane outside of North Carolina. Art Master (who has sent for a cab, pointing to horse) What do you call that? Cabby An 'orse, sir. Art Master A horse! Rub It. out, and do it again! Punch.
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