The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
WATERWAY FROM
NORFOLK SOUTH
Plans and Estimates for a Six
tesn-Foot ChaRnei to Beaufort.
sEnAI0RsHlP CANDIDATES
pvern,an's Representatives Are on the
Ground and Have Opened Heads
quarters-Watson and Craig
Also in Race for Senate.
1speeial pispaach 70 '',he .Fines.l

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RALEIGH. y. c.. DECEMBER 22---Assis-
liant United States Engineer A. B. Mich
OILS is here to-day from Norfolk. exa1n!il-
ing records and maps OF the late Stato
Surveyor J. H McRce gathering data TO
be used in preparing for Congress an es-
timate Of the cost OF the proposed Inland
waterway from Norfolk TO Beaufort an
let. the waterway TO be SIXTEEN feet deep.
This is the Waterway that Congressman
Small is urging Congress to proVioe ior
Engineer Nichols saws. The report show
INK the estimated cost will be ready by
February list
Mr.. r. il. Hayes. of Pittsboro. has ar
rived here to open headquarters for Lee
s. Overman. OF SALISBURY. one OF 1he
leading candidates before the next Leg
.sS.arre for United States Senator to sue
coed letter Q. Pritchard. The Legislature
eoes not meet until January ist. but there
Is much preliminary work to be done.
The fight for Senator Will he
members of the Legislature some
lime between January It'll and 10th,
the latter date bsing that on which the
law requires 4 joint ballot of the Senate
sud House for the election of Senator.
Probably Mr. Overnans most formidable
nT-noDent will be c. 3. Watson, of Win
ston. and Hon. Locke ,raig. Of Asheville.
NE,5 SPAf2R CIRCULATION
Commissioner OF Labor and Printing
"A b Warner has compiled reports from
newspapers printed in the State. which
show the nine morning dailies IN the
State to have $3.50 circulation. nineteen
evening dailies 1863 circulation. Alto.
;-ttker there are 29S publications.. VIA
G2c.t9B circulation. OF the newspapers in
tlI. State, JAP are Democratic, II Repub-
1:car and o Independent.
One Of the last opinions handed down
by the Supreme Court before adjournment
was one involving child labor-Fitzgerald
rs Alma Furniture Company, Of Lex
ineton. in which Justice Clark made the
following significant statement:
TT nigh; be that it would not have
been error if the judge had held that it
vas negligence per Sc TO put a child of
the tender age of nine years to work on
q dangerous machine winch he had never
eeer before. without any instructions Of
warning and to leave him there by him.
stIT without stopping the machine. But,
however that may be, it certainly was
m, error to leave the question of negi-
ecnce to the jury with the charge given
III connection Herewith, which was very
faa orable to the defendant
The Secretary of State to-day char
tered the sew Bern Grocery Company.
OF New Bern. with $4,000 capital paid in.
The incorporators are Edward h Bishop,
Rtdolph IJIrick and Mrs Ulrick-
DUCK HUNTING RECORD.
Mr.. 7. II. Hudson, chief clerk to the
Stste Auditor. returned to-day from
N0rchcad City, where he and Oyster
Commissioner ". NJ. Webb killed 1lS
Wild ducks al two days, the best record
made there this season.
a cablegram was received here to-day
from London. announcing the death of
Mr.. Eugene G. Harrell, for many years
prominent in the State as secretary of the
North Carolina Teachers Assembly and
promoter Of numerous enterprises. He did
military service In the Spa.nish-American
War, and afterwards went to the Philip
-,,nes, where he was last heard from.
Notice was given to-day that the incoBl-
ing Legislature will be asked to lhcofpo-
rate the Raleigh and Eastern Railway
Company to construct road from Fa-
lelgn to tidewater. probably to Washing
ton, Beaufort county.