Orange County observer. [volume], February 18, 1909, Image 1

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j s, SPUQEON, President,
P. C. COLLINS, Cashior,
CHAO. A. pCOTT, Vice President,
J. CHESHIRE VJEBD, 2nd Vice Presided!
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Charles Scarlett
Attorney-at-Law
DURHAM, N. 0;
practices in the courts of Dur
ham and Orange Counties, ,
JOHN W. GRAHAM, PAUL C. RAHAM.
Graham hBL uraha.m
Attorneys-at-Law
HILLLBORO, N.C.
Practice in the Counties of
Alamance, Durham,; Granville,
Person and Orange.
S. M. GattU,
Attorney-at-Law,
Hillsboro,; N. C.
Practices in State and Federal Courts.
Prompt attention to all business. Special at
tention to Probate business. - "
A. W. GRAHAM
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I i rMio uw Tir.ILt DEPOSITS.
WITH N. C. LAWMAKERS
Doings of the State Legislature Con
densedInteresting Items frost
Dav to Tlav-
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were laia before the: Senate. Onh ree-
ommendedthe payment of; tb:5t70C
vt tuc e?iaie ox tne lace rJavic
L. Swain against the State Univer-
sity. And the other urged an amende
ment do the 1907 anti-trust act such
as would fulfil the party pledge ir
the Democratic platform in this re
gard. ,
The, following bills passed final
reading:
Renew the charter of, the - Edze-1
m . - -r . ,.p . V - r ; oenaior manning presemea reso-
lwo; messages from - the tfovernoi I .iwt;.. ki, flaf
combe Railroad Co. Cullowhee High School. . ..... ; :
Add the State Superintendent oi Exempt railway mail . clerks and
Public Instruction to the board of rural free delivery carriers from jury
trustees of the University , of North duty in North Carolina. Amended by
Carolina. Senator Peele to include railroad en
Relating to the time for computa- gineers and conductors in active ser
tidn and settlement of the State debt, vice. J . '
extending the time to July, 1910. To strengthen the constitutionality
In the House the special order for of the act for the separation of the
the day, the -Harshaw bill for the races on street cars,
election of the county boards of edu- . Require all gates on public roads to
cation by the vote of the people in be automatic to facilitate travel,
the several counties, together with ' The Barringer bill for the elimina
several other bills of like nature for tion of the rule tor miieage books to
individual counties, including Chero- be presented, to ticket agents instead
kee, was laid before the House.
Considerable discussion followed.
The Governor's message as to anti
trust legislation was read and refer-
redV to the judiciary committee N6. 2.
At the niirht session manv bills of
local nature passed their second read
ing. The following were of general
interest: ' ,
EmpowerTyoard of edfcar exaTn
iners to grant limited license to cer
tain physicians to practice in ' desig
nated territory.
For separation of white and color
ed prisoners in the State penitentiary
convict camps and jails during eating
and sleeping hours. Amended by
sleepim
committee so that they shall not be
shackled together. This is the bill of
Mr.vMorton, of New Hanover, and he
explained that only four counties now
do not separate the races and the bill
was introduced to remove all doubt
as to the law. A committee amend
ment makes a cloth or canvass parti
tion t sufficient in' temporary struc
tures. The fllowing new bills were intro
duced in the Senate Thursday.
Elliott: Amend charter of Far-
mprs' Mn trial Fire Insurance Associa-
tion of North Carolina.
Dockery:' Calling a constitutional
convention to be held the first Thurs
day in June, 1911.
Dockery and Elliott: Amend the
constitution of North Carolina Dy
Drdvidinff' for Quadrennial instead of
hipnnial elections. . . ; .
Blow: Provide for registration
and identification of - automobiles on
the highways of North Carolina.
A number of local bills passed their
third reading.
In the House the following Dins 01
general interest were offered:
McWilliams : Authorize the State
board of education to unite with cer-
tain land-owners to drain Mattamus- of insane people discharged from, m
lrppf lnka and adiacent swamp lands, sane asylums and providing that a
Gordon: Establish card index sys-
tern for grants and change method of
fli;v TOot feint and survevs in
the office of the Secretary of State. ; ,
WW MA A mM AJt W -rm r
Dnwd- Amend Sec. 2891. Revisal.
so that in case a county bids in land
at sale for taxes the county shall be
fiii fit at a tflTPs.
Tln-wrf H Pfnl ate -DraC LlCe OI arcni-
tecture and create board of examiners
and provide for licenses. : -
Morton: Pension disabled uomea-
erate veterans. (Additonai pensions,
to those badly disabled, irrespective
of classes and property) .
Doughton : Authorize issue or btaie
bonds toipav eft outstanding State
bonds falling due July 1st, 1910. Wray: Require the board of edu
f.340,000). cation to furnish text-books for in-
Craham: Amend Chap. 674, Laws
of 1907, by establishing fifth. grade
f nr nonsioners and makinff eligible to
pensions all persons of color who
served the Confederate government.
Graham: Authorize State geolo-
jnst to co-operate with the geological
survev and make a map of every
county in the State.
Many bills of . local interest passed
their third reading.
The' following new bills were in-
troduced in. the Senate Friday:
Barringer: Encourage agncul
ture and home industry.
Pharr: Amend 1199, Revisal, rela-
five xto 'appointment of receivers of
corporations.. ' 'V;-'V-'- ;-'; v'--!
Dockery (by request) : Requiring
the use of eleetric ieadlights on cer
tain locomotive engines. . - :
o a if. !: j. ' j
it do so' n honor of the birthday , of
Abraham' Lincoln, this 3 being his
birthdayw ;.This resolution was put
nnnn It i nSSfl .
upon its immediate passage.
The following- bills passed
final
reading: -' - . :. '
Make every vessel or boat in home
ports subject tp liens. -
Repeal the law relative to the pow
ers of the buildinsr" committee in the
erection of ithe girls' dormitory of
of conductors made special order for
next Wednesday. " ; ( ;
In the .. House the following bills
were introduced : . ; ; :
- Cotten :w Provide for the settlement
of titles to land ju North Carolina and
institue. he Torrens system. ; s
-Poole prevent J forfeiture of lifa
Revlsal, as to penalties on railroads
for failure to deliver freight in reas
onable time; amend 2634, relating to
failure of payment of penalties, pre
vent persons from walking on ( rail-
road tracts, repea; torn, reraung
penalties for failure to receive freight
The sepcial order bill, the Fish Bill
consumed much jtime for consideration
an dthe House adjourned at 2:30 till
8 p. m., when it passed a number of
bills on their second readings.
In the Senate Saturday hew bills
were in part as follows : : y
. Spence : Protect holders of .accident
insurance policies. 'I . v
. The Manning bill to authorize thfc
issuance of refunding bonds for the
the State bonds thatiall due in 1910..
aggragating' upwards of three millioa
dollars passed second reading, being
a,roll-call bill. :
Bills passed - final v reading were:
Amend the charter of the Virginia
Carolina Southern v Railroad Con
pany. . , ."
Amend Sec. 1112, Revisal, relating
to the power of corporations, giving
I them an insurable interest in the life
of officers and employes or agents in
cases where a financial loss would be
suffered by 'their deaths
Amend act of 1905 and authorize
the settlement of the remaining five!
outstanding bonds of the South: Da-
kota class for the construction of the
western iNortn uaronna nauraa. -
House bill relative to the property
certmcate 01 recovery Dy me supenn-
tendent duly recorded in the county
shall restore such' persons to riffhts
persons
of property. ; -
1 A number 01 bills were introduced
Saturday in the House of local na-
ture. A goodly number also passed
I their third reading. Among -them
I was, jKiixuu.vlw buuuuiuic ucuan.-
bill to provide for inspection of gas.
eiecmc ana water meters m
towns
laaupmig me iw.
In the Senate Monday the follow
ing new bills were introduced :
Barrinffer: Provide for the pun
I ishment of safe-crackers.
digent public school children,
Barringer : Relating to the
nonsation of solicitors. r ;
coin-
Dockery: Resolution evising, the
, payment of the expenses of the joint i
committee on the deaf and dumb "in1
visiting the State School at Morgan-
J ton. "
I Authorize three millions otatej
I bonds for refunding the btate oonab
I falling due m yxu. . , v ,
Senate resolution to pay tne ex
j penses of the sub-committee in visit-
fins the State. School for the Deal: anaji
- 1 Dumb,; s a V j
I The following passed final reading;(l
The. substitute Mil for amending
Seci .5057, Revisal, imposing a tax of
$64 on mineral water companies do
ing business in this State with a grad
uated scale of - taxes.' : r
Scott (by request) : Regulate mili
tary affairs. :; ' -' : '
S In gtbe House on Monday new bills
jefaTas follows : -rr---:" - '
prtonr- .-,Relatije': tor;, the sale of
bintoxicating beverages, allowing
jthe. sale . of those having not more'
than 2. per cent alcohol. . y
Barnes, of Hertford : ; Enlarge arid
remodel' the State house' and issue
bonds in the sum . of $500,000 to pay
the same. ; . '' -"", . ."
; Hageman : Provide for the main
tenance and enlargement of Appala
chian Training School. .
Linney: Require the State board
of education to furnish necessary
books to indigent children. .
Graham : Establish State drug
commission and prevent the sale of
adulterated drugs.
Koonce : Increase the annaul ap
propriation for Confederate pensions
from $400,000 to $500,000.
r A number passed final reading, be
ing of local or private interest.
Loses "Bis Life in an Attempt to Res-
v cue Aged Woman.
Rochmond, Va., Special. Mrs.
-Robert Skipwith, an aged woman be
longing to a prominent family, and a
man "named Johnson were burned to
death in a fire which destroyed an
old mansion near Clay ville, Powhatan
county, Saturday night. Johnson and
Jbi5 rifjyetetenants . ia-. tb-bouse
which was the property of Mrs. Skip-,
with. ' Johnson returned to rescue:
Mrs. Skipwith when the floor fell in.
Severe Storm Strike Mississippi Town
Iearned, Miss., Special. A -: stonn
struck this place from the northwest
about 2 o 'clock Sunday afternoon
with terrific force, blowing down a ne
gro church, killing Dick Harris 1 wife
and one child of Maggie Bennett, and
injuring eight or ten. About seventy-
five persons, were in the building at
the: time. If it had not been for the
arched ceiling 'they would all proba
bly have been killed. v
May Send War Vessel to Liberia.
Washington, Special. The State
Department is considering the ques
tion of dispatching an American war
vessel to Liberia where alarm is f eh
for the safety of Britishrand French
eitzens employed in the customs ser
vice of the republic. Already the
British government ha3ltdispatched a
war vessel to Monrovia and also a
company of soldiers. The present sit
uation, according to official advices,
may result in the passing of its 40,000
miles of territory into alien hands.
Thirty Dead in Collision of Steamers.
Algiers, By Cable. An unknown
sailing vessel rammed, the Belgian
steamer Australia during a storm
February 12th near . Alporan island,
In the Mediterranean, one hundred
miles from Gibraltar. Both vessels
foundered. The total loss of life was
thirty,- fourteen men from the, sailing
vessel and sixteen from' the Australia.
Ten members of the crew of the Aus-
tralia who had put off from, that
steamer in a small boat were picked
up by the German steamer Liberia
and brought m here.
. Foreign Affairs ?
The American Red Cross has given
j $250,000 1 to Queen Helena to found
an orphanage for the parentless
children, the victims .of the . earth
quake. ,,,-.. .- -3 :'; " -I .'
Death has : just recently claimed
two of the best-known men iii France,
Catullo-Abraham Mendes, the poet
and novelist, and Ernest Alexander
Honore Coquelin, known f amiliary as
Coquelin Cadet, . one of the last of
France 's celebrated actors. ;
? Germany, and France have settled
by amicable treaty, their differences
inVrelation to Morroccb. and mutual
respect now seems better than since
the war of 1870.
il Capt. Roald Amrindsen has rCceiv-
ed $18,000 appropriation from his
j i government : and will set out ; from
i jworway in tne spring to be gone
- ii five or six vearsv in search of the
i North Pole. He will sail in the Fram
wtn about 10 men. He will secure
American dogs. -His hope is to find
currents wnich he believes exist that
I wm hring him well on his way.
DEP081TG PROW
TAFT HOMEWARD BOUND
Talks Tnrottga Sonth Remarks tA
v HatUesfcurg, iSssCanal llanage
V ment Deserres Support.
Birmingham, Special Talking
througlt Louisiana r Mississippi anc
Alabama, jnst like campaign days
the President-elect had on Saturday
the gratification," which heevidentlj
enjoyed of being heartily received by
lrtrge and enthusiastic crowds whe
had not voted f or him. -He.
talked froni the rear platform
at Hattiesbiirg, Miss., in a vein bi
pleasantry and then touching on th
Canal subject he said:
The Panama uanal is going to be
built, ' ' he declared," and what I want
every American citizen to dojis to I inmates of the West Virginia peni
S.tand by the men who are building it, Jtiary had an outfit kit for counter.
(Voices: We will do it.) ... Don'il
set a fire m the -rear, don distrust
the men that are giving up theh(
strength and energy and enterprise to
put that great work through. When
,on have ogepts who are,doinS you,
work, you stand behind them. If
you don't, you cannot get your work
done. The men who do your work are I
entitled to your help and enfidence
and you ought not to allow yourselves
if J- bcombespeeches
on. the floor of the House of Repres
entatives, or by headlines m sensa
tional newspapers, and go back on the
nlw.thatttfe dOingotirwTkr
ft ft J Tl il
" 1 aon 1 . care wneiner . vou are
Democrats or Republicans, you want
the work done and when the army
a:
rivW all thoir tim- tn ih rn
a- o " ""
out of this work, you are not men to
go back on them and to believe every
idle story that comes from the mouth
of, some politician who is seeking to
make himself prominent - or to give
himself the advertisement of a little
unfounded sensational statement.
''That work is being done honestr
ly. I know what I am talking about.
It will be built and all the wind op-
poition that comes merely from aide
11 j t
siae 10 exait ana exploit tne -man wno
makes himself responsible won't ob-
I know what the people of "the
United States want in that regard and
1 Krot-A! Tirnnt in thaf ranoiil anil
in so far as I have power, as the
Executive of this country, I am going
to push that work ' and I - .am going
to stand behind the men yrhc. are do
it. And now, gentlemen, you
n4.4
I ejected but-I tLink you very mnch
uiucn ior your welcome,
Policeman Fatally Shot.
A; Monroe and Policeman Siceloff
were ealled. to North Church street, a
negro settlement, on account of John
A. Jackson, a negro, beating his wife
Saturday night As they attempted
to arrest him and while trying to es
cape Jackson shot Policeman Monroe
and made good his escape. - Monroe
was taken to the Whitehead-Stokes
Hospital where his wounds were con-
sidered-necessanlv fatal. He was
shot in the, abdomen. lHe is about 50
years old and was esteemed for many
years faithful service on the police
force of Salisbury. Against reason
able expectation Monroe expects to
recover. . $150, reward is offered for
the capture of Jackson.. , y
Scarlet Fever on Receiving Ship Han-
cock.- -. - ''y,
New York, Special. Between 200
and 300 men on board the receiving
ship Hancock at the navy yard,
Brooklyn, ; are under quarantine,
owing to an outbreak of scarlet fever
on the vessel. Eleven men suffering
with the disease have been removed
to the naval hospital in Flushing
avenue, Brooklyn. Care has been
exercised to-prevent the spread of the
disease - at the navy yard. , '
Tuberculosis Exhibit Opens Sunday
Philadelphia, Special. The inter
national tuberculosis exhibition which
was formally opened here Monday
was 'visited Sunday by. many nurses
and school teachers. r An exhaustive
programme has been arranged for the
coming week, each day being devoted
to some particular phase of the evil
or its remedy. -..
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GLEANINGS FRQI3 DAY TO DAT
Oorering Erenta of
or Less Interest at Heat
Abroad. '
- A company to manufacture brooms
has been Organized in Roanoke. Va..
with ample capital to operate success-
iuuy. ine pnncipal stockholders are
.To moo Q Vnn 4-m ' 3 ' yi m
jw7 nari
It was recentlv found that sm .
The barkantine Matanza's bound
from Philadelphia to Fernandia, Fla.,
S0 in distress Thursday night 12
Vj ! OI. amona &noais ana
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has a cargo of lumber and will be
towed into port."
aon-u- -ttydnck, of Spartanburg
as associat ejtotice
T!
len:tti
At Lakeland, Fla Charlie Crnmly.
a negro," who was believed to be the
criminal who assaulted a white lady,,
was 1 taHttromx jail Wednesv and?;
was : on the point- of being burned at "
S en ers pieaa icr nim
and saed him. He claims an ahbu
posiuveiy laemmeo.
The last rail was laid Wednesday,
connecting Dante, Va., with Bostic
N. C . on the Carolina, Clinchfield
The sheriff and other officers cap
tured three distilleries in, Lincokiton
county a few days ago.
v' Mrs. : Harry Samson is.: to be tried
in New York on the charee ' of minv
nephew of the late Admiral Sampsoru
The National Bureau of Forestry,
it is said, will get an army of An- -:
gora goats to eat paths three hundred
rSf? fornia fbrestft
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Street cars stalled in the streets
of Sioux City, Mo., Tuesday night
in snow 13 inches deep on a level,
'and a 55 miles an hour wind. '
Roby Baskin, & Negro who robbed
and then murdered Rev. W. Y. Hud-
" e i , v.f ? "'""i
rst TW oi; tKf 4-t;
was too tardy. '
nZT,&Z?r? " ? " !
vwu yvaier, miss., iumng marun
Stanton, of Memphis', and injuring-
several others.
The yeggman killed at Iiaurensv S
C, last week proves to be ' Sheeny
Mike," who has been recognized by
a former, but now reformed crook,
who had been m prison with him.
j d g old sufferedJa hemobll.e
and would have . died, the doctor
i.T Li 1 i. it J l. it i 1 x.
buuugui, uui xor iue xacv mat aocntc
a pint of its father 's blood was
transfused into it. t It is now doings
well. - .
The Mauretania, Cunard line
steamer, has made a new record, .
crossing the ocean, 2,934 miles in 4
days,' 20 : hours and 27 minutes. ,
Washington News Notes.
C. H. Martin has, been made pri
vate" secretary to Senator Overmatt
in place of T?re& L.' Carr, resigned.
The House of Representatives has
vntoA the RTim of Jft12.0h0 fnv antcw
mobiles for the- president's use. . '.;
It now appears that it was mv
erroneous story in " circulation son
time ago to the effect tha President
. . ... .... i
nooseveit strucK, mtn nging wmp
the horse or horses of lady" .riders.,.
Admiral " Spefry is regulating tbo
speed of his fleets so as to arrive in
tho PViAQnrkofllr am fTiA 9QnH. when a
j m-
reception program will be carried out. -President
Roosevelt will be on hand.
Aftfir 50 vears in the nresent Nat
ional House of Representatives it js
proposed . to return ta tne oia iaa
of arrangement oi seats witnouc
desks; that . members .may hear more
perfectly. The change in the Hall
will cost about $35,000. ; -