The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-28

Change the revenue law so as to throw
the burden on some other crowd and
you simply raise a howl from the other
side of the fence. All of us want these
reforms, but we also want some one else
TO foot the bill.-Durham Herald.
Large delegations are here with refer
ence to the Monroe dspensary. The
agitation grew out OF the passage of a
bill by this Legislature TO amend the
dspensary law so as to prohibit the man
ufncture Of wines, brandies and WHISTLES
in that county.
Col N. Glenn Williams, OF Little Yad
victory yesterday before the Committee
on Towns, Cities and Counties. bill
had been introduced to transfer this
township from Yadkin to Forsyth county.
This did not suit Col. Williams. He and
his ancestors have lived in Yadkin county
and he did not relish the idea of being
taken up bow daciously" and being
made a resident of another county. The
bill was reported unfavorably.
The Committee on Railroads, Senator
London, chairman, decided yesterday 10
report favorably the bill to incorporate
the Southport and Western Railroad
Company. Mr.. w. L. Worth of Whining
ton, and Mr.. Trigg. of Virginia, appeared
before the committee for the bill. The
company proposes to make Southport a
great coaling station and the plan is to
run the road from that place to the coal
fields of Virginia or Tennessee. The COM
mittee amended the bill SO that the pro-
nosed route shall be from Southport to
some point on the Virginia or Tennessee
line between the counties OF Rockingham
and Madison. Favorable action was also
taken on the Atlantic and North Caro-
lima Railway and Mining Company, to be
built from some point in Craven or ada
cent counties on the coast to the Nor
folk and Western Railroad
Representative Zachary and DR.. c. A.
Schenck, of Baltimore, appeared before
the Senate Committee on Propositions
and Grievances yesterday afternoon upon
the bill regulating stock law elections in
Transatlantic. Mr. Zachary said that
about half the county-that portion lying
in the French Broad valleys now under
stock law and the proposition seemed to
be to have the law made applicable to the
remainder by petition, or vote, OF the en-
tire county. Mr.. Zachary's bill provides
that the question shall be decided by a
majority vote of those citizens residing
in the townships cast in favor OF stock
law" His argument before the COM
mittee secured Il favorable report.
Mr. J. l.. Kink. OF Greensboro, is here
as the representative OF the Good ROADS
Cmbp of Greensboro. He is urging the
passage of an act TO allow Guildford couh-
tv TO vote $500 900 in bonds to macadamlze
the roads of the county. MI King IN
sists that good roads will add materially
to the growth and prosperity OF ms
county, and says the people will vote the
bonds if they get chance to do 50.
Mr.. NJ. Mel. Matthews, proprietor oil
the Hotel Lafayette, OF FayetteVlile'
reached Raleigh yesterday. He is mere
with others from his city to ala In the
fight to repeal the dispensary act which
has been located in Fayetteville for the
past four years
Dr. bred Peacock was an interested
listener at the debates in the Senate
Yesterday. He is here seeking more books
to add 10 his library on North Carolina
history. and he laid in another supply.
DR.. Peacock has the fullest and largest
collection of books bearing upon the ms
tory of the State to be found anywhere
and he keeps on increasing 1t. he says
that Greensboro Female College, OF
which he is president, is in me shape
No sickness and the largest attendance
i'm its history is the report. WIN the
attendance increasing.
Col W. A. Johnson chairman, MeSSiS'
n. w. Malloy. w Il. Worth, d. l.. Tore
and Sam Bear, Jr., have been appoluleu
Inv the Chamber of Commerce OF Wi-
n,inpton 70 come to Raleigh in opposltlon
to the revenue bill in its present shape
The Insane Asylum committee yes
tarday decided to recommend $5,ooo u
III nm insane department in renItehlldrS
aod 81 900 for maintenance. The doctors
thoupht 81 900 enough, but the commit
toe IN order 10 be sure that there Woulu
Ia money a plenty, put it at $o,ooo. ne
insane cught not to be put in the penn
Tertiary at all. Everybody know auliilN y
this ami if the treasury were not empty
nobodv could be found to advocate y
even as q makeshlft.
.Albomarle's growth has been mos'
| marked" said Mr.. $. II. Hearne. OF
Albemarle, who is in the city. rive
wears ago we had only 500 people IN our
town: now we have 5000. TWO new cot
! ton mills and one knitting ml1 are
! among the new industries. Our town Is
| growing rapidly and is on a permanent
! basis The Stanly Democracy rs OF tht
, most robust type, the county not having
/ sent a Republican to the Legislature
/ during the years when it's neignDol
counties left the old landmarks OF De-
/ mocracy.'
| Ex-senator John l.. King, Of Guilford
/ is here in the interest of great plan OF
! road improvement in Guilford county
Yesterday afternoon he appeared before
| the Public Roads committee and made
1 an argument in favor of the bin intro
) duced yesterday morning to authorize
! the voters of Guilford to vote on 8
proposition to issue 100000 of bonds tC
! improve the public roads CT that county
/ Mr.. King is very enthusiastic about