The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-01-26
ELIAS CARR IS SWORN IN.
HG Succeeds fhOs. H. Bolt as Coy
GrnCr Of the State.
TEE INAUGURATION CEREMONIES
Many of the Great Men of the State
Take Part-A Brilliant Reception
aud Inauguration Ball-E. b. Jones
and c. b Watson Were Both Mem
bers OF the inaugural Committee

bers OF the inaugural com mlttee
RALEIGH, Jan. 18.-Elias Carr sue
| ceeded Th0s. NJ. Holt as Governor of
the common wealth of North Carolina
! today. In spite of the cold weather,
an exceedingly large crowd was in the
| city. Three Thousand people were in
| the auditorium.
Mr.. Carr was escorted from his home
in Edgecombe county to Raleigh by
the legislative Inaugural Committee,
consisting of the following members:
/ Senate-Day, Posey, Morton, Means,
Marsh, Campbell, Aycock, Mcdowell
and Jones: HOuse-Spruill, Lowell,
| Barlow, Ellington, Holt, Gilmer,
| of. Haywood; Bellamy and Erwin, of
| Cleveland.
| The Citizens Committee of Recep-
| tion. with the Governors Guard as a
| military escort, met the party at
| Union Station and conducted it to the
! Capitol, where it was Joined by the
| members Of the Senate and House of
| Representatives, the officers of the
| executive department and the justices
| of the supreme court, and from there
| the procession moved to StrOnachS
| auditorium, where the oathS of Office
were administered by Chief Justice
| Shepherd to all the State officers, and
the Governor delivered his inaugural
address. 1t was very practical doc
ument, and among other things advO-
| Gated a better road and financial sys-
TEN. 1t is considered a strong paper.
The reception to the Governor and
State officers in the auditorium from
to 10 p. m, was attended by the
most prominent people of the State
and was brilliant affair.
The reception was followed by the
Inaugural ball, which was largely en-
ance upon the Inauguration and
| which was kept mp until the early
morning hours.
THE LEGISLATURE.
Special Correspondence of the Sentinel
RALEIGH, n. G., Jan. 17.-Up to the
eleventh days session, 134 bills and
resolutions were introduced in the
Senate and about one-half as many
more in the House, however, 4 small
proportion ofsthem have been enacted
into laws. The only question that
has brought out the strict party vote
was the resolution in the House me-
moraliZing Congress to repeal the ten
per cent. tax on State banks of issue.
The Democrats voted for the measure
tyites against it-Of course it passed.
The one question above all others
which has created most interest and
discussion than any other has been
the three contest cases for seats in the
present General Assembly. For sew
eral days these cases have been before
the committees on privilege and cleo
tion and strong and forcible argu-
mentS have been brought out on both
sides. The Senate set the Lcach-Hen-
derson case from the 11th district for
Tuesday the 11th, and the Stack-New-
som case from the 9th district for
the 24th inst.
The case between Long and Wright
from Warren county was fixed to come
up in the House on the 11th. 1t is
pretty generally thought that Mr..
Long will win the case over the color
ed gentlemen who has occupied the
seat since the Legislature opened.
Considerable discussion enSued in
| the House over the minority report
from the Agricultural Committee re-
garding the present law for listing
statistical reports of farm products.
| The matter was referred to the COM
/ mittee for further Investigation and
| for Offering amend mentS to the pres
| ent law in order to simplify and lessen
| the eXne!ISes.
A resoluLfoa has been offered urging
| farmers not ii plant an over produc-
tion of cotton siss 80 many farmers are
| inclinedto dc since the price has adj
| yanced. 'i'I@.- re idea would apply to
! the tobacco producing sections. A
| diversity of crops is always the safest
| guide to prosperity.
NEW COUNTIES.
The question of making several new
counties in the State and changing
| IVA ri.rt I'M IN of
others is d matter that viii soon be
brought before the Legislature in all
probability. The new counties pro-
posed to be organized are as follows:
One to be taken from Richmond with
Laurinburg as the county seat. anoth-
er from Chatham with Silver City as
county seat and still another from
| Guilford with High Point as county
seat.
The proposed changes in the county
lines and change of county seats are
as follows: In Surry comfy for Mt.
Airy to be the county seat instead of
Dobson; Stokes county, Madison in
stead of Danbury and in Rockingham,
Reidsville instead of Wentworth. In
the event these changes are made the
court houses will be on lines of rail-
road and in progressive towns.
The weather here has been exceed
ingly cold. Many mornings the mer-
curry was down to zero. Yesterday
morning it was four degrees below.
Skating and sleighing has been freely
INDUCED in by the young people of the
city.
From all sections, even the Atlantic
coast the news from the families OF
the members lof the Assembly that
snow and ice aboundS and such wealth
, er has not been known since Jan. II
, 1S57-just 25 years ago tomorrow. The
= Neuse is frozen over at New Berne
J and sporting on the ice is fine, which
: has not been the case since the above
: date.
, Mr.. Shore today introduced into Tho
House d petition from the citizens o1
: Bethania asking the commission not
| to grant license without majority
vote.