The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-22
A QUESTION OF INTEREST.
LIVELY DEBATE Nv THE " C. LEGLs.
LATURE OYER TIE LEGAL RATE


RALEIGH, y. c.. Jan. A.-Special.-
| The Legislature met to-day at i. NJ.
| The most important new measures intro
| duced in the Senate were: Bills 10 pro-
vide for the study of vocal music In
! pubic schools to provide reformatory
for young criminals; TO raise joint COM
mittee on retenchments of the public ex-
penses; to provide shoes for inmates OF
state charitable institutions; to require
the labelling Of convict-made goods the
bill passed final reading amending the
charter of Winston.
quite a debate arose OH the bill making
six per cent. the legal rate of interest IN
this State. 1t repeats the clause ailoW-
Ing eight per cent 10 be charged Dy
special contract. An effort was made 10
amend the bill so that eight per cent.
may be charged and the penalty for us
ury be a fine or Imprisonment, or bctn.
The bill was made the special order tor
Wednesday.
In the House the most important bills
were: To protect shell fish and foster
shell fish industry; to appropriate Si1V,VvJ
from the treasury to the public Schools;
An order was given TO prepare Dill
greatly increasing the jurisdiction OF
magistrates, pan ucularly to cover petty
larceny.
DEMOCRATS IN THE LrGisLALuRE.
In the Legislature the handful Of Demo
Gratis stand no shoWinS-one uoeS H"'
fully realize this until one looks In on
the Senate and House in session. Butter,
il IS said promised to deliver the Popu-
lists over to the Republicans after his
nomination. and he has well tulhiled MS
promises. they are dictated 10 py fiehch
OF New Hanover, and have no voice, eX-
cept at his dictation. There has Deen no
match for this Legislature since the dark
DAYS of 1858. Some of our lawmakers
wear no collars or cravats. and heaVy
brogan can be seen here and there over
the halls, resting on a desk. IL 10 'IuiS
a disgraceful 5.gnt. 49,,
A young man, David House, OF huth-
erford county, had his hand cauSht IL,
single machine and torn OIL at tne
wrist The arm was amputateu ldte'
below the elbow. At the time OF the ac-
cident or of the surgical operation either'
the wound never bled.
Upel FuGLiEs DEPARTURE.
To-day Judge T. c. Fuller, the United
States Land Claim Judge, Will leave LOT
Santa Fe, New Mexico. to mold the
spring term of the court his SON. MI
Jones Fuller. will accompany MN.
MIR Leagan, superint endent or the pen
itcntiary, IN his report, says that never
has the conduct of the prisoners peeii 80
good as il has been for the past Two
years. He says there are conVlcts III tne
penitentiary who came there Wheh lhey
were nine years old, and there are now
fifty-6ye under the age OF sixteen, and
ne makes an earnest appeal for the es-
adjustment of youthful reformatory.
There were very elaborate preparations
made i'm Chapel Hill for the meeting 10 be
held by Evangelist Pearson, in University
chapel, which began yesterday
noLioN's DENIAL.
1t was said that when Pritchard re-
ceived the nomination for the United
States Senate. that Hotin did not con-
graduate him. This Holton denies. and
also denies the statement that there Will
probably be an attempt made tomorrow
10 elect him with the aid of the Demo-
Gratis. He declares he would refuse the
election under such circumstances. That
he would never bolt the decision OF
caucus.
\ gentleman in Durham is stocking his
game preserves by buying live parirdges
and turning them loose on his lands.
a negro boy about nine years old was
lying face downwards on bed in Dur
ham, when "A pistol in the hands Of his
brother accidentally discharged The ball
entered the boys back and went up
wards. I'm the direction OF his lungs.
His chances for life are very slim.
pETITIoNING FOR CLFMENCY.
A petition will be presented to Cover
nor Carr on Thursday to commute the
death sentence of Ella Norwood. the
Durham woman who killed her child.
MIR. Pritchards friends now want his
name placed on the Vice-pres.dents tick
ct.
SENATORS TO BF TLFCTKD Toby.
Marion Butler and letter c. Pritchard,
the nominees Of the Fusion caucus, will
tomorrow be balloted for as United
States senators.