Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-04-11
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
The News of Day Bearing Upon Mat
ters of Interest to the State at Large:
The Mortgage Law And the Six per
Cent Interest Bill.
ARGUS BUREAU.
HhE . do hEAO
RALEIGH. April 6, 1895.

ARGUS BUREAU,
RALEIGH. April 6, 1895.
The decision of the Supreme
Court in regard to the mortgage
law has greatly relieved business
here. Judges Avery and Clark,
as I telegraphed you, dissented
on the ground that there was no
properly constituted case before
the court It is a significant fact
that the three newly elected JUS
tices overruled the two old ones.
The impression is growing,
however, that the Supreme Court
will eventually decide that there
is no real law, as the bills passage
has been conclusively proven to
be fraud. The Ne1Os and o.
serve1' this morning prints letter
from Attorney General Osborne
to Governor Carr in which he
gives it as his opinion that the
Governor can start an action
against the bill as a private citi-
zen but not as the States EXecu-
tive officer.
Another seizure was reported
to Collector Simmons to-day by
Collectors Smith and Davis who
cut up an 50 gallon still in Sum
merfield, Guilford county, be-
longing to p. II. Harris and S..
G. Cole. Both the owners es-
capped the deputy.
The agent of the philanthropic
spring company, of which l
wrote you some days ago, has
turned up here again, after a
visit through Eastern North Car
olina and is again victimizing ne
groes. His name is Trent and
he is himself a negro, though no
one would so think from seeing
him. The colored people are
biting at his glowing promises
right along. One old colored
man, he told that if he would in
vest SO, he guaranteed that he
would realize $40 from it within
a year. The president of the
company is an old negro, named
Coleman, who is also here.
Yesterday afternoon the A. &
NJ. College baseball team defeat
ed the -5nity nine by a score
. The game was an
mediocre one. For
--s~s----.e.Sx-sA the result Of the
last two Lafayette-University
games which were played at
Chapel Hill, were not published.
Lafayette won the first, 4 to 3
aud the University, the second,
6 to 3.
At the Agricultural Depart
ment to-day [ met Messrs. Jones
and Foster, extensive growers of
hops in the hop region Of New
York State, They are turning
their attention to North Carolina
as a hop growing region and are
now here to make experiments
in hop growing in this State.
They will try all three regions
of the State, Eastern, Piedmont
and Western and in the section
that gives the greatest satisfac-
ton will purchase large tracts of
land Of which hop fields will be
made.
George Mills. the murderer, is
in Jail under sentence Of death,
but out in the city d committee
is going the rounds getting
names signed to an application
for his death sentence to be com
mutted. And the people are
signing right along. This sign
ing of application for pardon is
a curious thing.
The Seaboard Air Line has
made a still greater cut in rates
The system has issued circular
and is widely distributing ii
here. 1t is headed boy Cot
rates" Under this is a youngster
with a placard on which is print
ed the ''cut" rates.
The Fusionists here are Still
crying out that the Democrts had
a hand in the assignment bill but
this wont go. Clerks Brown ano
Sattufield are keeping in mighty
close corners, it seems. They
are also roundly abusing Gov.
ernor Carr for refusing to cal
an extra session. Many farmers
came in to-day andsome succeed
ed in getting scrapping' mort
| cages.
The late legislature ''playec
the mischief" with Nationa
banks. The six per cent law an6
the assignment law will initiate
| awfully against them. State
banks may violate the law. bu
National bank officers are sworr
officers of the law and canno
violate it without perjuring them
selves.
Asheyille Citizen: George S. Pow
ell has received inquiries as to tn
climate, value of land. ETC., in Wes
tern North Carolina from a gentle
man at. Howard Lake, Mimi, repre-
senting a number of Minnesota fam
lilies who desire to find homes in thi
/ section. They have had all the,
want of Minnesota, and havin|
heard of Western North Car olins
placed themselves in communicative
with Mr.. Powell, who will answe
them fully and endeavor to brin
, them here as permanent residents.
t Rockingham Indea; Another cot
ton mill for Rockingham. Ho'
many towns in the State can boas
ofsix large mills such as we have
/ And we don't intend to allow thi