Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05
IN NORTH CAROLINA.
News Caught Up at the State
Capital.
AN IMMIGRATION MOVEMENT.
The Alliance and the Railroad
Lease Agaiu-Thc object In View
Report of the state Labor Commits
sioner-Intcressing Facts.


State. Auditor Furman by the Sheriff OF
.ly,,rko countv. This was whether ply
slcian at State institution Is name
10 the new license-tax Of $40 imposed on
physicians by the fusion legislature
Auditor F'urman said he was not liable
but State-Treasurer Worth overrules the
Auditor, and so the tax must be paid
The opinion Of the Attorney General was
not asked in the matter.
w. Il. Faison, OF Raleigh, Is appoint
cd chief clerk TO Il. r. Lacy, state Labor
Commissioner, vice Logan d. Terrell re-
signed. The latter's resignation. took Ell
feet last Monday. but at the Commission
er's request he remained in the ONCE I'M
Ill to-day.
Professor Emery, OF the State Expert
ment Farm, and Professor Irby, of the
Agricultural and Mechanical College,
ikft, to-day for the Piedmont section,
where they will aid S. l.. Patterson. Com
missioner OF Agriculture. in conducting
farmers Institutes at Lenoir. Newton.
and Mooresville.
Intensely cold weather set in to-day.
1t began last evening. and was so severe
that some cattle, left uncared for In
the pound" were found dead this morn
ing
The Board of Aldermen, at last nights
session. elected two city physicians at sala-
ries OF $500 each. They are 10 rurnlsh
medicines to the poor, without any fur-
Their cost Heretofore the druggists
have furnished medicines, but there were
complaints that the cost was too great
The city will not issue street-improve-
ment bonds and, as funds are limited,
will stop street improvements and at
tend entirely to those OF sidewalks.
1t appears to be particularly difDcuit
TO secure the taxes on capital stock OF
corporations, levied by the last Legisla-
ture.
IMMIGRATION.
Norfolk immigration agent IS here
In conference with the State immigration
Department regarding the locating OF i'm
migrants along the line OF railway
between here and Weldon. Most of those
who contemplate settling along this
line are from the Northwest, and good
many are Scandinavians. who are con-
sldered desirable class.
The streams OF all kinds are now again
quite full, and all water-mills are able
10 run on full time.
State-Treasurer Worth was interviewed
to-day as TO what Is the view OF the
State Alliance regarding the North Caro-
lima railway lease. He said: THE ALI
ance Goes not think the State got its
dues on the lease. 1t virtually gets
only per cent. more than on the old
lease. while the value of the property and
OF all other interests has advanced. The
alliance thought and thinks IT reason
able that the rate OF to 10 per cent.
should be paid. The truth is 1t wanted
the Southern to pay on both the stock
and bonds OF the road. as il does on a
road In South Carolina. The alliance
has never desired to take away the char
ter OF the North Carolina railroad. and
would not consent to such a procedure.
IL never thought Of such thing. Ex-
Judge Spier Whitaker is right I'm saying
that the proper way to do Is for pri-
vale stakeholder TO sue to annul the
lease. That step Is now taken, and ]
suppose the suit brought by the Attor-
ney-General will be dropped"
RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT.
Moore and Chatham counties are the
centres of what little railway develop
ment is now in progress. Three lines
are in course OF construction in Moore
county, these being the Aberdeen and
West End, the Aberdeen and Rocklish,
and the Moore County railway. Work
will be resumed IN q few days, It is ex-
pected, on the Glendon and Gulf rail-
way. its stoppage being only temporary.
Money is being collected here for the
twenty-eight widows and III children OF
The dead Cumnock coal-miners; and this,
with provisions and clothing, will be
taken TO these needy people by Mr. John
7, Pullen. Of this city, SO widely known
as the friend Of the poor and the suffer-
ing.
The news which now comes regarding
81 ,..sl
~ is all encouraging. Tennessee mining
experts pronounce 1t good grade of coal.
The officers OF the State Board of Pub
lie Charities are greatly pleased at the
extent Of the movement for improved
jails.
LABOR STATISTICS.
The annual report OF State-1abor- Com
missioner Lacy was issued to-day. IL is
a volume of 4OS pages. and most of the
labor on 1t was performed by Mr.. Logan
ID. Terrell. the clerk of which Mr.. Lacy
makes special acknowledgement Mr..
Lacy says there is no doubt that the
70 bureau is doing much good in a quiet
way, and, as II is becoming better known
and it's objects understood, is meeting
with the endorsement of both capital
and labor. He reports 1J6 cotton-mlls IN |
operation, while the Agricultural Depart
ment reports 176. Both are correct, as
OF each corporation, while i'm some cases
the Latter owns as many as three mills. I
An annual appropriation OF 5000 IL
asked for; and also the passage OF a 1
law restraining all mills In the State 10 I
AN eleyen-hour day; also, that no chill |
dren be permitted to work In factories |
until they reach the age Of IL. and that |
those between y and IA be permitted TO /
so labor only upon showing a certificate |
that they have attended school at least /
two weeks during the year. AS 10 any J
law TO compel mill-owners To answer |
questions. he does not think II is needed |
as the mill-owners are open to argument, /
and are answering remarkably we'll when /
an agent waits on them. He is glad TO /
saw there are only TWO or three who
need such law. He finds it impossible /
20 secure answers TO blanks sent through |
the mails. and, therefore. ii is absolutely
necessary 10 send an agent TO the mills.
Mr.. Lacy says: I'VE do not desire 20,
nor Will we. array one class against |
another, but these people bring stringent
laws on themselves The same trouble,
only worse, has been experienced with
the tobacco-men. In 1894 they complained /
that the blanks did not suit their bust
ness. yet, when new one was prepared.
only per cent. answered its questions.
i thank those who answered, and say
TO the others that If you get the Massa-
chusetts or New York law, compelling
you to answer, you have nobody but YOUR
selves 20 blame" The tables show from
labor TO be paid on an average Ss75
month. while the general impression mas
been that IL is only S7.t0. The report says
there are eleven cotton-milis I'm course
OF construction.