The news & observer., 1897-02-25
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Eastern North Carolina CAUSED the intro
duction of bill in the Legislature the
effect of which would have bean TO drive
out the native hunters ard to give the
rich Yankees the exclusive privilege of
shooting ducks. An able lawyer appear
ed for the Northern sports, =and IN the ab-
sence of Representative Pierce dampton'
member from Currituck, secured favor
able report on the bill. When Pierce
heard Of it, he rushed back t@ Raleigh
and, by a vigorous fight, protected the IN
terests of his own people.
History repeats itself.
A bill has been introduced in the Senate
purporting to be in the interest of pubhc
schools to permit the waters in sJurrituck
to be entered. In reality it is to give the
rich the exclusive right to shoot ducks
in that county. Fortunately for the ma
tive duck hunters and fishermen they
have one of their own number as a mem
ber of the House, in the person of Mr..
w. III. Gallop, of Currituck. Mr.. Gal
iop had not heard of the bill until Tues
day night, owing to the misleading CHAR
acter of the title and the further fact
that it had been referred to the committee
on Education instead of the committee
on Fish and Fisheries, to which it should
properly have been referred. He had no
opportunity to 90 before the committee,
nor any other member from Eastern
North Carolina, but a lawyer in the en-
ploy of Northern duck hunters was there
to secure a favorable report. Mr. Gallop
has been active to learn the sentiment of
the legislators of all parties, and he finds
that all from his section are earnestly
opposed to its passage. As consequence
OF Mr.. Gallop's promptness in exposing
the methods sought to be employed to
take away the occupation of the life of
his constituents, it is not believed that the
bill can go through. Mr.. Gallop's motto is
North Carolina for North Carolinians."
The News and Observer is requested to
print the following letter:
Hon. e. r. Hauser, House of Representa-
tiyes, Raleigh, n. c.;
Dear Sir:-In the minority report made
by you on the railroad, telegraph and tele-
phone rate bill, you state that ''in the city
OF Oxford, in this State, the telephone
company made an investment of S1,S11,
and that the net profit for the first year
from that outlay was $3.50.
We are at a loss to conceive of your
source of your information. We can not
at some future time it might be taken as
true That exchange is owned by this
company, and was placed in service about
November 10, 1896, and cost in cash,
money, $1,000, no valuation having been
put upon the franchise whatever. The
entire income from the exchange is not
81, 200 gross. We believe the exchange
was built as cheaply as good work can be
aone. We think Oxford has the best tel
ephone exchange operated in North Car
slina to-day, and as good as any in this
country Of its size.
We have asked the News and Observer
to publish this.
HENDERSON TEL. co.
j. Fl. Bridgers, Sec'y.
Mr.. NJ. Fl. Holt, of Oak Ridge, who has
himself served in the Legislature, writes
the following approval of the action of
the House on the anti-cigarette bill:
Il note with pleasure the passage of an
anti-cigarette bill through the House.
May it pass the Senate by equally large
rajority is the earnest prayer going UP
all over ou- State to-day, from mothers
and fathers and teachers and lovers of
humanity generally. Statistics kept care
fully at Yale by Professor Fiske, Phys
1GaI -Ol lIldI cOIIeHps SHOW IIlil
non smokers develop physically about %
per cent. more than smokers. Carefully
kept records acre for a series of years
show that cigarette smokers fall about 10
per cent below those who do not use
them. Tt is no. exaggeration to say that
the cigarette habit is more deadly to
physical, mental and moral development
than any or all others to which our youth
are liable to become addicted. 1t is by all
odds the greatest obstacle in the way Of
progress and development in student life
that we have met. We believe we voice
the sentiment OF the teachers Of our State
when we say, let il pass, and pass quick
ly."
The PopuIist bolters' committee which
called ON Governor Russell was composed
of Brown, Pagan and Cannon. 1t told
the Governor that the caucus had noni
mated Theo. White for Shell Fish Com
missioner, and asked for his appointment.
The Governor said he would do 50.
Brown said he remained and talked with
Governor Russell somewhat about Wal
ter r. Henry for judge. He declined
to say what the Governor had said, but
remarked: sOf course Governor Russell
is for Sutton" The caucus appointed
as the committee to wait on Governor
Russell and ask him the direct question
whether he would appoint Walter X.
Henry as judge, Hileman and Senators
Parker Of Randolph and Clark, Represen-
tatives of Randolph and Fagan.
Warning came some weeks ago that the
trusts had pull on the North Carolina
Legislature, and therefore the public
was fully prepared for the news that the
antitrust bill had been killed in the COM
mittee room. So no Georgia antitrust
law for North Carolina. We wonder
what South Carolina, Pennsylvania and
some ether Staes, having the enactment
of this now famous law under consider
alton, are going to do about it, And
while we are at it, what will be tie out
come of the investigations Of the Iexow
eommlttete in New York. 1t was Josh
Billings who said: Blessed be he who ex-
pecteth little, for he shall not be dIsap-
pointed Southern Tobacco Journal