Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-10-15
Another Actot Legislature Knock
ed Out by the Court.
ROAD LAW is FAULTY
a Converted Dis,iIler GIvcs Evidence
of his slncerisy-L Lawyers TO ARE
que Big Case Next Weeh:-T b,
Neuso Isivor Cotton niiiIs-JeGer.
son Docs Not Remember Kiiiiug
Captain Barnes.

Plttman arrived in the city yesterday
from Tarboro en- route to his nome IN
Henderson. MIR. Pittman went to TAR
boro to appear in an injunction case
FROM Warren county involving the con-
stitutionallty of the Carraway road law
enacted by the General Assembly OF
1899.
Judge Bowman, before whom the case
was argued, held that the road law,
which applies to a large number OF
counties In the State. is unconstitution-
al The opinion Of the court Is that the
road law denies q citizen his property
without due process OF law, in that 1t
makes no provision for the compensa-
ton of landowners whose property Is
condemned.
The facts in the case are that the
road supervisors of Warren opened up
new road. The property-owners OBJ
jected and secured n temporary injunc-
ton. The injunction first came before
Judge Bryan and was dissolved. An
other restraining order was secured by
property owners from Judge Bowman
and has been made permanent. An ap-
peal has been taken to the Supreme
Court.
A CONVERTED DISTILLER.
During u revival in Davie county p.
d. G.. Pope was converted. He was the
owner of government distillery, and
Immediately after his conversion he
went TO his distlllery and tore the stills
from the furnace and destroyed what
beer and mash there was In the tubs.
What whiskey was on hand was In the
government warehouse, and he had no
right to trouble that without stamping
#. He Will have to account to the gov
eminent for the beer as though he had
converted 1t into whiskcy and this will
cost him about S32
TO ARGUE BIG CASE.
Next week appeals from this (the
Fourth) district will be argued before
the Supreme Court.
Among the cases that will come up
are those of Beddingfeld VS.. Abbott,
Involving the title to the office OF rail-
way or corporation commissioner, and
the Prison Executive Board vs. State
Treasurer Worth. The question involv-
ed In this last case Is whether or not
the Treasurer Shall pay debts created
by the present management of the
prison out OF the funds derived from
the bond sale OF $4,000.
NEUSE RIvEr, COTTON MILLS.
Work has commenced on the Neusc
River Cotton Mills. The contract for
the stone dam and the additions to the
buildings-also stone-has been award
cd to Cooper Bros, OF this city, and
they are collecting and preparing ma
terial for the work. The buildings,
which are of stons, are now two stories
high; they Will be raised to three stories
and some other additions made to them
A N1UDDLED HEAD.
Jefferson. charged with the murder of
Captain G. Barnes, Of Wilson. who has
been taken to Wilson for trial. tells the
Wilson Times that he has been in bad
health since his confinement In Raleigh.
The Times adds:
"As to the events OF that memorable
afternoon he said he remembered lit
tie but that he heard some hogs were
In the field and went to get them out,
and inaSmuch as he was going down
on the swamp he decided to take a gun
and shoot some squirrels, so he borrow
cd one, but that he did not remember
clearly any Of the past; that his head
was muddled and that hc felt some.
times that he had no sense at all.
We told him that the people believed
ne was guilty of murder and asked him
IL 10 would not be better to make a
clean breast of it. He said he did not
remember anything about shooting Mr..
Barnes, as his head was muddled. We
asked him If his mind had always been
clear, and he said no, that for several
years he had been added
In appearance Jefferson is very re-
pulSiyc"