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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-25
WOULD BE A GREAT BLUNDER
Warren Record.

Warren Record.
In our opinion it will be 81 great blum
der for the Legislature to re-lnstate
s. Otho Wilson as a Railroad Commas
sioner. Everybody knows dirat ne was
not the man for the place and there
is no reason in the world why this Demo
cratic Legislature should re-Insuate him.
His case and Major J. w. Wilson's arc
not alike, so it appears to us, and there
fore the Legislature should have The
backbone and manhood to rc-instatc
Major Wilson, because he has shown that
he was unjustly thrown out. and let 5.
OthO Wilson stay where he belongs.
and that is in private life. His Offering
his resignation beforehand is not worth
a penny. We wouldn't trust him Il
stones throw. If the solons of the Leg
islature do not look sharp they will have
another Judge Norwood act played upon
them and then they will be in Il hole.
The people do not want S. Ohio re-
instated.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-25

''Give me a liver regulator and l can
regulate the world" said a genius. The
druggist handed him a bottle of DeWitt's
Little Early Risers, the famous little
pills. For sale by J. Hal Bobbitt and
Henry Il. Hicks.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-25

DIR. BULLS COUGH SYRUP cures
the worst cod in day; stops the running
of the nose; breaks the fever and ban
ishes all tendencies toward pneumonia.
1t is the quickest reliever and curer Of
throat and lung diseases.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-25
GOING TO BE A BIG SUCCESS.
Wilmington Star.l

Wilmington Starr
Mr.. J. c. Crawford, who has been
in the city for several days in the in
terest of the News and Observers in
dustrial edition, left yesterday for the
home office He says he is much en-
couraged at the prospects here and will
return Saturday.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-25

To show that the railroads a'e as
sessed for valuation on too low a basis
it needs only 40 be said that the Cane
Fear and Yadkin Valley was assessed
Mt S5,475 per mile, and it brought at an
auction sale nearly ten thousand dollars
per mile.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-25

Some of the editors are berating the
Legislature for reducing the salaries Of
college presidents. No bill reducing the
salaries of judges or professors has pass
ed either House.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-25

Senatorial courtesy is the biggest dog
in the barn yard. You write it in big
letters now.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-25

Men who need white-waShing ought
to be told that this Legislature is not
in that line of business.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-25

Here's the way Rocky Mount sub
scriber writes: Keep up the lick
and give Ohio Wilson the D-l and
never let the white men of the Legisla-
ture lick the hand that smote them
in the hour of their direst need, by re-
storing him"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-25

ing expenses and taxes, amounts to
So. 970, $4,000.
This would equal a valua-
tion on an earning basis
of 6 per cent 1866, $50, $50 90
= per cent 47,035, 537 90
10 per cent 39,70S. 10000
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-25

The people want the ear of the Lesis-
latrre long enough to say, with refer
cncc to the Wilson report, DONE.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-25
The Spirit of the Press
A SERIOUS BLUNDER.

Wilmington Dispatch
The Legislature will commit a serious
blunder if it reinstates Ohio Wilson on
the Railroad Commission. His past rec
ord don't admit of it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-25
RAILROAD PROPERTY.

RAILROAD PROPERTY.
1898
Total mileage in North Carolina
3,477.99
Cost of roads $751;, 974, 1890
Cost of roads per mile 2o,294Oo
Capital stock 6U,42o.o0OO
Capital stock per mile lI,3l40o
Funded debt 55,266, $500
Funded debt per mile lo,S3UO0
Gross earnings II .543, $1,000
Operating expenses 1896, 54S.00
Gross earnings per mile 3,ol3oo
Operating expenses per
mile =. Z,lZo.OO
Assessed valuation 32,522 ,921.00
Assessed valuation per
mile 9,351.O
Taxes paid 1898, State,
county. schools and
towns by the railroads. 30O,0O0.O0
Net earnings from opera
tions S4,147, 1868 90
Net earnings from other
sources I-Z,oio.oo
Total net earnings 4.27O.744OO
Less taxes paid 300,00000
Net earnings, after pay
ment of taxes, from which
to pay interest on funded
debt and dividends $3.50, 144O0
From the above statement we find
that the net income from all the rail
roads in the State. after paying operat-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-25

taxation i'll this State ut the rate of
$4,000 per mile, while the South Carolina
portion is taxed at $4,000 per mile.
The Southern Railway, the other
great system traversing the State. is
assessed for taxation mt only $4,000
per mile. The through line of the
Southern from Washington to Atlanta
it's most important links taxed in Vir-
ginia at $4,000 per mile and in South
Carolina at $4,000 per mile.
Either we do not make the assess
ments high enough, or our neighbor
States make it too high | believe the
first proposition to be true.
'The law governing the assessment of
railroad property is so plain that your
body ought to have no difficulty in reach
ing the actual value of the roads for tax
alton Chapter 121, Laws of 1893, pro-
vides that the Commission shall deter
mine the value of the railroad stock as
defined in section ~ claws of 1S91),
and the value of the rolling stock ascer-
tanning such value of the rolling stock,
ascertaining such value from the earn
inus as compared with the operating
expenses. and taking into consideration
the value of the franchise as well as
other conditions proper to be consider
ed in arriving at the true value of the
property as in the case of private prop
crty. and the aggregate value as thus
determined.
Section 49, chapter 40, Laws of
1895, provides that when any railroad
has any part of the road in this State
and part thereof in any other State,
the commissioners shall ascertain the
value of the railroad track, rolling stock
and shares of capital stock of said COM
pany. and divide it in the proportion
the length of such road in this State
bears to the whole length of such road,
and determine the value of such railroad
track. rolling stock and shares of CAPT
tai stock in this State accordingly. This
section would seem to leave no room to
permit the unequal valuations we see
in this State and in Virginia and South
Carolina"
Since the above letter was written
ments. but the increase has not been suf-
ficient to make the railroads pay their
Just proportion of the taxes of the
State.
The usual method of assessing prop
erty for taxation in North Carolina is
to put it on the tax list at tnree-fourths
Of it's value. If the railroads
were assessed on that basis,
the assessment would be S65.979,S34 in
stead of 33,619, S6S1O. The cost of
the roads is SS7,974,113, and three
fourths of that amount is slXty-hve
million dollars in round figures, about the
same as the valuation would he on an
earning basis of six per cent, which is
s66. 1S0.15O. Is it unfair that railroads
should be taxed on one or the other OF
these methods of assessment when the
State values all other property for taxa
tion upon three-fourths Of its value:
l.. L. .srlat 70 owl
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-25
DO RIGHT, REC APDT.ESS OF COM
MITTEES.

I'VE are not TO take the opinion OF the
committee" said Mr.. Justice in the
House yesterday III antagonizing the TAX
on the gross incomes of CORPORATIONS.
The Legislature vii! be asked by NJ
Justice TO sustain the committee tha:
recommends the reinstatement of the
Wilson's.
The Legislature will be wise at that
time to say: I'VE are not to take the
opinion of the committee"
Judge Common made IA speech yester-
day in favor of increasing the tax on
railroads which must have commanded
the respect Of every intelligent and just
man hearing it. The fact that he was
so well qualified to address himself TO
the subject made it a pleasure to all
10 listen to his intelligent statements
made with judicial Temperament" of
mind.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-25

Atlantic Coast Line Sys-
s12.ss7 s9,779,s75.so
Southern Railway
005.20 miles at S10,520.. 10,J6o, l29.2O
Seaboard Air Line-60o.62
miles at $685. 6,053, 667. 10
Miscellaneous Roads,,
01S.30 miles at S5,2SI. 1OO,6oo.lo
Pullman Palace Car Co. 96,91S.15
Mercantile Trust and De
posit Co. 326,O71.94
Total $50, 522 ,921 10
Telegraph Companies 1903, $4,000
Steamboat Companies 293 1910
To+al valuation S22 G10 S6S. 10
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-25

The office of Railroad Commissioner
is one of great Importance and at least
one member of the Commission should
be practical railroad man. In our
opinion Ben II. Lacy, of Raleigh, should
be that man. Give us Thomas w. Ma
son, Ben Lacy and good man from
some other section of the State and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-25

The railroads have right to expect
lust and fair treatment at the hands
of this Legislature. 1t was chosen upon
a platform promising equal justice 10
individuals and corporations, and if 1T
determines to say to railroads, on
must pay taxes like other corporations,
it is but simply doing its duty, and the
suggestion that it is making war ON rail-
roads is too silly to be considered
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-25
The News & Observer

Office: News and Observer Bunling,
Fayetteville Street.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-25

The following figures, read in the
House yesterday, were prepared by Mr..
III. G.. Brown, secretary of the Commits
sion, and they furnish the basis upon
which all must rely who consider the
question now under discussion:
ASSESSED VALUATION OF RAIL
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-12-28
ARFsI Ar
ABOUT SMUT IN OATS.
The Plan Here Described Has Been
s's.5 Found Effective IN RiddinE the
Seed OF All spores.


We present herewith an illustration
showing the contrivanees used IN the
treatment Of smut in oats. Smut, as
has been explained ii this publication,
is Sc seed, spore. that lodges under the
5husks Of the seed or oats. When the.
seed is sown it terminates the same as
oats or wheat and grows smut. after
its kind. The plan here suggested has
been found effective and completely
srids the seed of smut spores.
"a represents a tub or large vessel
which is to contain warm water into
which the oats for treatment are
dipped, being in gunny sack, which
is Of coarse fiber and therefore be-
comes thoroughly saturated, as also
do the contents, with water very
quickly. The sack should be large
enough to hold two bushels, but it
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-12-28
1 AK ADJ CIDV
Maay Othervvi = y 81 4 Z
parmers Eniertain ~ = rroAsos - s.:
tdeas d IL lve - n y lslesa -: I

Western farmers hare learned tnAss
clover is j. necessity for them. blls iss
has been only few years that tnA a
fact has become apparent and man -
81 Them cannot write on this subjects
without exposing their Ignorance "a
an article under the title ! Best "a
sture Grasses s. 81 Tolley. OF lows
begins with clover, which is not
grass, and says OF 1T: Clover IS all
right for pasture, but IS st oclxs e ai1
lowed to feed on It at ali seasons
there must be large surplus left on
the ground, or the pasture will soon
be exhausted. Stock of all kinds like
the bloom and will eat it so ecioseiyi
that no seeds can form. and hence "
will soon run out, because no seed ~
left on the ground to propagate.
Part Of this is true. Stock are fond
of clover blooms, but it is on " the ].
second growth OF the ordinary red
/ clover that produces seed. It is non.
sense to suppose that clover seed fall.
ing on the ground in fall can grow.
unless the clover sod is plowed ip, the;
spring. Then the seeds will be mixed
through the soil, and will germipates
for many years after. as we have fofts
seen to be the fact on land where
crops of clover seed haye-been grown.
Fl It is not so generally known as IL
should be that allowing clover TO seed
is the surest means to destroy all the
clover on that field for another year.
Alsike clover and the mammoth or pea
vine clover, which bear seed in the
first full crop, die as soon as the seed
natures. What seed is dropped on
the ground does no good for clover
growth the next year, as the clover
stubble leaves the land too hard for
such a tender plant to get a oothold.
The clover seed is very small, and
when it terminates it has only two
very tiny leaves and very small root
in proportion This is best for the:
young plant, for until the roots get
firm hold of the soil the fewer leaves
there are to evaporate moisture the
less likely the young plant is to per-
ish. Young clover is very tender a
drought or a slight freeze will blast.
the leaves, thus entirely killing the
plant. After the clover plant devcl-s
ops more leaves its root has taken!
firm hold Of the soil, and it is then not
likely to be killed by drought. In.
grain fields during a very dry time.
the clover leaves drop off. and to look
at the plant it would seem that no
clover was there. But keep stock
from tramp1ing over it and let good
rainfall come, we shall find this clover.
reyiving and making good stand
where at the grain harvest there
seemed to be none. american Culti-
vator.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-12-28
NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS.
II Sincerely Made They Are n Help to
Right Character, Although
Sometimes Broken.

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mace me lafse1,slor cheap 9okes y
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siol .nas sucn s esoiu = .'uns = e -,
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81 = u w = = ioslc = ass
=. eliee l,erilleio -. S recene 9ieslenel
ulou o. - = 4osa - :. sellnGn
9 - 800 = sapsan - nls
@ ~ 80 ,sso : ga oll1 ~
-, - - - Z, ~ 5.
q = - 5. - s, - -.
=. ~. ~ :, - : ~. - 80
salu sna' n y !, va psasea W.. soou -
-, 80 ,.. !. ~ q 49,
- wv ~ ,1.1s 1 $500 :.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-12-28
PRIZE CORN CROPS.
Like Other Things In This Vale OF
Tears They Are Not Always
What They Appear to BE.

s
There are corn crops and corn crops.
1t is possible for two men to raise
each 100 bushels of corn to the acre.
and yet have one man raise twice as
much corn to the acre as the other.
This appears paradoxical, but it is
easily explained. One man may plant
his corn at such a late day that it will
become only well glazed at the time
it has to be gathered for exhibition;
while the other man may plant his.
corn early and thus give it time to
thoroughly mature before it must be
gathered. Corn gathered just after
the roasting-ear period is very heavy,
and will at that time some times weigh
double what it will when it has been.
we'll dried. This is the secret of some
OF the enormous yields of corn that
have been recently reported. The fg-s
ures that claim yields per acre well
up to the 200-bushel mark are based
on weighed and not measured bushels.
Inspect that same prize corn a few
months after it has been; gathered and
it will be found looking very shaky.
Every kernel will be found standing
by itself and with an abundance of
room between it and It's neighbors.
Really such prize corn does not I'll the
requirements, or should not. The
water content Of corn should be taken
into considerati ton, and we are not
sure that il would not be good idea
to have each sample entered analyzed
e. a ri \ II 49,
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-12-28
HOW TO RID OATS OF SMUT.

should not be filled to the top-put in
about bushel and half, so that
the seed will be loose. Dip them into
the warm water and agitate few
minutes, getting the entire bulk
soaked; take out the bag and hang
on the hook (E) of lever Cd and dip
into the large vessel OBJ, under which
"a live fire should be burning, the wa
ter being between 1870 and 1877 degrees
Fahrenheit. The lever is operated so
as to avoid close contact with the hot
water or smoke Of the fire. Let the
bag of oats stay in the. hot water from
five to six minutes, pressing the lever
up and down. Take out and place in
another vessel {C) which contains cold,
water; after cooling SOW the seed and
the smut trouble is avoided for at
least three years if the work has been.
properly done.
4 The hot water kills every spore and
puts the seed in good shape for quick
termination. The cost of the process
will be about 20 cents per acre The
vessels a and G may be ordinary laun-
dry tubs or halves Of barrels, being.
large enough to immense the bulk
oats introduced into them. The hot
water vessel should be strong and
rigid; an iron kettle is often used for
the purpose. A sheet iron vat or bar
rel may be purchased Of tankamanu-
facturers at a reasonable price.
Sow the oats Immediately after be-
ing treated. No serious results will
follow if the water is of higher tenn
perature, but the degrees given are
about right. There is no danger of
injur u 6 the germ IN Il ing power of the
oats and the treatment is easily and
speedily done. Farmers Voice.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-12-28

bag Of oats for his horse, and had
come up through the side lane and
taken the liberty to put the animal
in our barn to eat his oats, while he
himself ran in to see how we all Jared
this Indictment day, etc, etc. slid.
out while he was thus discoursing and
rushed to the par1or with a very for
lorn hope of finding q stray stick or
two left over there, making fire
and getting him into the parlor while
we finished the dinner. The hope died
as Ispoked my head into the arctic des-
o1ation Of our best room. Tt was on
the east side, where the spitefm wind
had been battering at it all night,
searching out a hundred creyices
about windows and door to hurl the
fine, powdery snow through. There
were drifts, varyiing in size, on the pi-
Sano, on the chairs, and a dainty white
powdering all over the carpet, which
the wind had pulled in under the door.
You could fairly feel the gale whisk
ing about our ears. There WASH
q scrap of wood nor a chip in the
wood box. Relinqu ing a wild idea
of chopping up a parlor chair or two
to make a fire of, q scooted back to
the sitting groom chile to the bone.
Dora, putting as bold q face upon
the situa ton as possible, was bringing
in dishes from the dining oom and
setting the table ii It under the eyes
Of the minister, who was chatting
away as serene1y as if he hadn't
driven US all frantic by his lined
cal Aunt Laura had levied on her
cellar goodies and produced preserved
ounces, apple jell picked peaches
and cl1oWch how. so the dim er wasn't
50 fri a onll thin 4 sI was
ashamed of was the corn cakes; they
were so big and clumsy and Dora had
crumbled the edges III
But lat good man seemed to think
we had q banq Get, and even the corn
cakes did l' g SO beg ing SO far as he
was concerned.
4 made merry over our apredic-
ament as we told ID how sc hap
pence, and he oked about it, too, but
shook his head = Tile, and said sc
ia 4 to 80 OH It'll way &c pro-
ceeded upon his errand on fter al -
|sner and We went aibout anr work with
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-12-28

L was left q small orphan, in Uncle
Johns time, and he and Aunt Laura
had not made an atom Of difference
between Dora and me III their love
and care. But now it had been so.long.
since / had heard from Frank i
Ecouldn't help being afraid he had
frozen to death or been buried in a
BsnoWslide. And this dreadful rainy
day L could t even have the satisfae-
ton Of going or sending to town for
the mail, if there should possibly be.
any news.
Dora and had an unwritten law
that the more downcast we felt the
jollier we should force ourselves to be-
To-day think we degenerated into
Stiffness in our efforts to be cheer
full. But a lot of smaller troubles
followed each other So persisten
such as the refusal of the cook stove
to draw, the falling Of the Zig bit bread
ii consequence, q ST in the mud on
Dora part etc, lat when, to
cap the climax that evening, our be-
loved fireplace smoked sullSily and re-
lentlessly we felt that we: mil as
well wind up the, year by going to bed.
at eight q cloc SEsss
When we were all nuggled down
and the lights were out i could have
cried just out Of low spirits, but I
would knew God could see far
ther ahead than we could, and put
everything into His hands ana went
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-12-28

what spirit Ne l1s ght. &c 81 ,ofes
than two hours az lie left hat
Uncle link, = diilapid lated old loredl
man, appeared with yoke of steera
which he left III the lane while ne.
came plodding through the snow tol
the house.
& Herd an was out 8 wood ', he
gerinned, so lowed d come an
snake up q few logs il split fer ,de!
f'place M whack up some fer de,
cook s. d stove
y very kind 81 you, ind eee IS said
Aunt Laura, 81 for we are in great need
OF wood II afraid car, pay
you for it to-day, IJncl 81
.Dass, all rig dass all right I'M
Eterrupted Uncle .Jinl;; don all
Eboddah bout dat ass all right and
he scuffed away, leaving us "a title
mystifed, for it was not quite like;
Uncle link to be SO Indifferent about
comp ion for his good deeds
ssof course Alr, Melton went and told
him to come, and either paid him or
agreed to If we lidn' Il t, :, expoundeds
Dora, and looked as if she we're ready
to fall I'M heap.
Tt was very good Of him if he did 3, s
said Aunt Laura.
SO G God but who wants to be an
object of charity, = groaned Dora, les
pecially b.
.sOh, vel, I'D don't suppose he'll
preach about it next Sunda said, /
consoling " but Dora would Mt cheer
up very much. Still, it was very COM
Portable to have plenty Of wood, and
felt grateful to the good man for
inst gating Uncle Jink to come to our
assistance. s.Ss
OF all the s65 days Of that year the the
three hundred and sixty was the
most dismal at Maple Knoll It opened
with a drilling soaking rain, much
more depressing than the blizzard
from which it eyoluted !; the kind that
5dampens your spirits !. in spite Of all
the philosophy you can bring to bear
against it. The sky was a dismal gray
waste without a slit of light. Aunt
Laura had racking neuralg ia IN her
face. Dora had been dreaming about
charity and wood all nj hit. AS for
me, I had a little trouble Of my own
which popped up just now more ag-
5gressively than ever. never had q but
one lover never wanted but one), ].
and he was a poor young man who
had gone to the frozen Alaskan re-
5gions with the avoWed intention Of
making his fortune and coming back
to- snare it with me, rebuild the old
house into stately mansion and take
care of Aunt Laura and Dora, which
was quite proper; for, you see, I had.
been gathered into the family when.