The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-01-24

ried woman or the married daughter
of some mother and grandmother, who
was married woman before she ar
rived at the age of twenty-one years
may sue for the same. There has beer
case after case in our country whers
men have purchased estate, after due
enquiry, and yet some one living II
some distant part of the country has
under this law, brought suit and dis
possessed the man or the woman who
has expended moneyin buying home
This can be remedied by repeating
| the provision excepting married wo
men from our statutes of repose.
This will be no hardship, for they
have now the right TO sue alone, or i
there should be a doubt about tha,
you have the power to give them the
right as if they were femme sole, and
preserve for their benefit the law until
say, the 1st of January, 1890.
RAILROADS.
The railroad system of a State al
ways attracts the attention of a would
| be citizen.
We have now in North Carolina five
railroad companies. We have 1850
miles of track already laid, and new
routes contemplated and begun every
few months. These railroads have
been Of incalculable benefit to our
State and the people, and their pros
perity is to us matter of pardonable
pride, and no embarrassing restraint
upon their development or prosperity
should be imposed by a legislative
body. But on the other hand, the
exercise OF unlimited power-almost
of sovereignty-by wonderful corpora
tions, however well managed, will be
apt to prove injurious to the State or
some portion of it, whenever the inter-
est of those corporations seems to be
antagonistic to that of our State or
people.
1t is therefore right and proper that
law creating railroad commission,
to be composed of, say, three members,
should be matured at an early day by
the General Assembly. Care, of course,
should be taken not to interfere with
the legitimate exercise of power by the
different railroad corporations, but at
the same time the interests of the State
should be carefully guarded against
usurpations by these most powerful as
SOCiatiOns.
DISABLED SOLDIERS.
From the most powerful let us turn
to the most helpless of our people.
However we'll the material prosperity
Of State may be provided for, if it
owes debt of gratitude to any por-
tion OF its people, and fit occasion
comes for its payment, and the ability
is present to discharge that debt, at
least in part, and that duty as neglect
ed, prosperity itself will only make
more glaring the ingratitude of the
Commonwealth.
We have manned and disabled SOL
diers around us who have fought bat
ties of their State, and entwined
around North Cardinals brow chap
let of undying glory and renown. For
even in a war which eliminated in
defeat, the North Carolina soldier won
for himself reputation for courage
and heroism unsurpassed by the achieve.
ments of the human race in any cline
or any country.
1t is the desire of our people tina,
this Legislature should be prudent and
frugal and economical, but no whisper
has yet come to my ears that proper
appropriation should not be made to
render more tolerable the condition Of
those brave soldiers who were wounded
upon the battle field, and are now
suffering on account of those wound:
for the actual necessaries Of life. Let
your bounty to them be as liberal a;
the circumstances Of the State viii
permit, for under no circumstance.
will the people of North Carolina, bt
willing to see one of her disabled sol
diers enter the poG-house. Fix upor
the amount which aided by the gift:
of the charitable and the affection o
kindred will bring comfort to each dis
abled soldier, and provide that an ad
ditional amount shall be added to tht
sum appropriated under the act O
1884 for his benefit until he shall re
celve an amount to be fixed by yo,
and the plaudits of your countrymeI
will attend your action. For unde
no circumstances will the people O
North Carolina be willing to see on
OF her disabled soldiers enter the poor
house.
GOVERNORS MANSION.
Upon Burke square in this city ther
is building intended to be a resi-
dence for the Governor of the State
1t has cost the State in code, according
to our Treasurer's report, the sum c
$4,000. No portion of this amour
) was raised by taxation, but it is tn
proceeds Of the sale of certain lots i
t the city of Raleigh belonging to tn
State. In addition to this it has co:
the value of the labor bestowed upo
it BY our convicts. Itis building
, would be we'll for you to visit. Il
S speedy completion is earnestly recon-
[ mended,