The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-02-14
OUR RALEIGH LETTER.
THE PROGRESS OF THE IMPEACHMENT
PROCEEDINGS.
New Judicial Districts-Craig Law
Amended Rural Free Delivery
Congressional Apportionmsnt-No
Labor Neutrality-suspicious. to
Fertilizer Law-Newsy Notes.
(From Our Regular Correspondent

(From Our Regular Correspondent
RALEIGH. n C.. Feb. II. 1901.
The Judiciary Committee of the House
has voted for the impeachment of Justices
Furches and Douglas, and the resolution
has been made the special order in the
House for Thursday of this week.
The vote was % to 10 with two pres
ent not voting.
The ten members who voted against
the Craig resolution for Impeachment
were: Stubs. Connor. Patterson, Gath
er, Simms, Whitaker. of GuilfOrd; Var
borough, Blythe (Rep), Ebbs (Rep.).
The two members who declined to vote
were: Gather. Smith.
The members Of the committee who
were absent were: Seawel. Green, Bell
bow (Rep.), Wright, Mason. Baldwin, OF
Guilford; Daniel of Warren; White. Of
Jones.
Among those voting for impeachment
were: Allen. Rountree, Craig, Winston,
Hoey. Spainhour, Graham, Robinson,
'arltOn, ShannonhOuse, Duls. Wilson,
Stewart, Hayes, Gattis. Harris, Blount,
Lawrence. Nicholson, Mcclellan. The
after and Carlton spoke in favor OF i'm
parchment.
1t is necessary. of course. for the House
to adopt the resolution before further
steps can be taken. Will it do it?
Thatseems to be a question. 1t is con-
coded that the step is generally disap-
proved by the people at large. the news
papers of the State being largely against
it. But some strong party leaders
chiefly from the East-are determined in
their advocacy of the measure.
NEW JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.
The Legislature decided to abolish the
two criminal courts and to create four
additional Superior Court districts, max
Saturday by the special committee, will
passed the House Saturday.
The new law is to go into effect July
| LIST. and each Judge is required to hold 30
weeks of court annually.
| CRAIG LAW AMENDED.
The word insurance has been stricken
from the Craig law wherever it occurred
and SO insurance companies aren longer
required to ''domesticate." The Com
| missioner of Insurance is given the power
| to revoke the license OF any cOmpan!
seeking to transfer case from the Stat.
to Federal courts Only five votes in thu
House were cast against the law and the
Senate passed the bill by practically
unanimous vote.
A half dozen or more of the largest an(
| strongest life companies in the world vii
now return to business in this State, an(
add thereby a revenue OF some SIS, 900
annually, which the State has been de
prived of for the last two years.
Among the companies to return is thu
! l., SGM,+rol pnroEt -
sented by Mr.. John c. Drewry in Nortl
Carolina and Virginia, and which die
probably the largest business OF any com
pany in this State up to two years ago
when the Craig law went into effect.
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
The rural free mail delivery has proved
great success in Wake county and else
where and other counties should adOp
it. The postmaster at Raleigh furnishe
the following suggestive facts in this con
nectiOn:
In January there were handled 1913!
pieces, or nearly l 900 more than in Jan
nary. 1900 The increase month b.
month is constant. He says he soon ex
pected to see the aggregate reach Is, OO'
pieces month. Wonderfully great is tn
increase in the number OF newspaper sub
scribers. Nothing can more promot
reading. and reading is what rural Mort
Carolina needs.
NO LABOR LEGISLATION.
Looks as though there will be no ''labo
legislation to regulate the operation {
cotton mills and prevent the employment
of children under a certain age. b.
statute. Reason: The desired result
are to be accomplished without the eI
actment of laws on the subject. it seems
Within the last few days representa-
tives of leading cotton mills have appear
ed before the legislative committee hay
ing the bills on this subject in charge, a
have also representatives of operative
and advocates of the bills.
The mill owners say that il any law
are passed on the subject the effect will t
to turn Northern capital from this Stat
to other Southern States seeking it an
/ which have no such laws; that the SOut
Carolina Legislature last week refused b
: large majority to enact such Legislation
and that Georgia recently pursued tt
same course
The mill men pledged themselves
secure the signature of the officers Of ever
mill in the State not to employ childre
under II years of age and not to wor
over &c hours for a regular week. pa.
within two weeks, if no law was passet
The committee thereupon postpone
further consideration of the subject ft
two weeks, and if the promise is carrie
, out there will be no legislation on tt
subject, am told.
THE NEW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
Next Wednesday afternoon and nigl
the Joint committee on Congressional al