The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-10
BANKS AND BRAES
OF The
new SCOTLAND
The Clans Have Not Gathered
In Vain.
THEIR PRAYER is GRANTED
BIG MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE
THEIR PRAYER is GRAM TED
BIG MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE
FOR NEW COUNTY.
SOME MIGHTY FINE SPEECHES ON 1T
Only Bakers Dozen Vote Against It. Argu
men.s Were Pointed by Wit and
Seasoned With Biblical
Quotations.

SedSoneu WIN DlDiiCdi
Quotations.
For Scotland, sc.
Against Scotland, IS.
This is the result of the vote in the
4 House yesterday on the Scotland County
Bill.
The vote was taken after debate OF
two hours.
Speeches were made-and mighty
fine ones they were II too-by
Mr.. Mclean, of Richmond, fol
the bill; Mr.. Wall, of Richmond
against it; Mr.. Patterson, of Robson
against it, and Mr.. Winston, of BERTHE
for it.
Mr.. Mclean, of Richmond, was the
first speaker, making strong argument
in favor of the passage of the bill.
IF the matter were not one of so great
Importance / should put up the plea that
Moses did of old: oh Lord thou know
est thy servant is not eloquent
He asked that the bill be passed with
out the dotting of an or the crossing
of t.
Speaking of the part taken by the peo
pie of the Scotland county in the last
campaign he said:
1.-THE first gun fred there in this mem
orable campaign was by Buncombe
county's great son, the Honorable Locke
Craig. The next was fired by that elo-
quent man from the East, the Honora-
BILE Charles B. Aycock. Aroused by these
two giants our people presented them
selves as living sacrifices for White
Supremacy and from that day their cry
was, Give US liberty or give us DEATH
Mr.. Mclean then read a statement
of the county debt, extent of territory,
value of property in the two counties.
Concluding he said:
Eve are told in the Bible that Abra-
ham went up out of Egypt. He was
very rich in cattle, silver and gold. Lot
also went with Abraham. He had flocks
herds and tents. And the land was not
able to bear them that they might dwell
together. There was strife between the
herdsmen of Abraham and the herds
men of Lot. And Abraham said unto Lot
Let there be no strife, | pay thee, be-
tween ny herdsmen and your herdsmen,
for we be brethren. Is not the whole
land before thee? Separate thyself from
me-
That's what / want him (Ir. Wall
to say to me.
I'VE leave Richmond county with nc
i'll feeling toward her. There is no bet
ter man in this hall referring to Mr.
WalD, and 1 am only sorry that he can
not see this question as | do"
At the conclusion of Mr.. McLean's
speech Mr.. Patterson, of Robson
amended the bill so as to require that
when the survey of the new county was
la hot
Scotland and Robson commissioner
for Robson county should be appointed
to represent that county in the survey
OF the Robeson-Scotland line.
Against this amendment, Mr.. Mclean
protested vigorously. contending that il
was done to defeat his bill.
The anti-Scotland batteries were open
ed up by Mr. Wall, of Richmond. HI
replied at length to the intimation tina
Scotland county set ON fire the campaign
i'm that section and bore the burden ano
heat of the day.
While acknowledging the great worl
done by lower Richmond, he claimed
equal credit for the upper part of thu
county.
1--WE have fought the battle together
We have won together and having re
deemed the county we will keep it re
deemed, come veal or woe, Scotland o
no Scotland. It's no question of politics
It's business proposition, and such
hope you'll so consider it, -
Mr.. Wall reviewed the result of tn
Scotland county election four years ago
He said the opposition to it was stron
then, and he believed it was equally a
strong now.
Touching the debt of Richmond coun
ty, he said it would hardly fall one cen
under $4,000.
s'yVe get two-thirds of the pauper ele
ment and far greater portion of tn
100000 acres of barren land that viii
hardly support a jay-bird. Scotlan,
county takes the finest agricultural Ian,
and hardly knows what pauper is
The argument that the creation of
new county would lessen expenses ant
taxes, he said, was absolutely absurd.
''If you are going to create a new
county, the proper thing to do is to TAX
in the Robson people who are asking t
come in. Mind you, I'm not in favor o
new county, but say if you are goin
to create new county, that would b
the Just and proper thing-take in thes
Robson people But, no, they have n
patience with such a proposition
landite hot under the collar it's to tall
about letting Robson in. And Why
They are afraid Maxton might happel
TO be the county seat And this is tn
milk in the cocoanut. Laurinburg want
to be metropolitan town. To be sue
a town it must be a county seat, and t
be a county seat a new county must
created.
'.Who asks for Scotland county? 1t
not the people living in the country. TIL
demand comes from Laurinburg."
"The average horny handed son of tot
If left to pursue the even tenor of hi
way, would never have disturbed tn
deliberations of this Legislature.
At knew Laurinburg when the mai
street was an old field, growing pin
and sedge. I knew her when she wa
nothing but an old bedraggled academy
Through her precincts ! have chased th
old molly hare behind an old yellow dos
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