The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-26
Under the Dome.

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There is to be some Legislation look
| ing to better fire protection. a con-
| ference was yesterday held in the Of
| fee of Insurance Commissioner
Young. in which the parties taking
part were Mr.. Young, Captain j. ID.
Mcneil, of Fayetteville. i president Of
the State Firemen's Association. Mr..
r. ID. Douglass, of Greensboro vice
president. Mr. T. n. Taylor. chief OF
fire department OF Greensboro, Mr..
Walter -Woollcott, chief of the Raleigh
fire department, Mr.. II. T. Day. CHIEF
of the Tarboro fire department. Mr.
Alex Webb OF the North Carolina
Home Insurance Company and Mr.. A.
w. McAllister, of Greensboro, for the
insurance companies OF that place.
4 bin was agreed on and IL will be
introduced today. The protection thai
is 70 be urged is to be in the matter
Of the construction and inspection or
buildings, and the law is to be SO
framed that IL will be of advantage ~
all parties who desire the best pro
lection from the ravages Of fire.
Local bills for the protection Of
birds deer. squirrels, turkeys. Quall
and fish In all parts OF the State are
numerous. and il seems that the state
has suffered a. rude awakening to the
importance of taking these actions,
Judging from the number of bills In
PRODUCED in this legislature. Here is
a typical bill protecting fish Intro
duced yesterday in the Senate BY NJ.
Coke:
AN act to protect fish within twelve
miles of the summit of Grandfathpr
Mountain, Mitchell county.
1T shall be unlawful for any per-
son or persons TO take, catch or kill
q 4
Vile river and any other stream OF
streams within twelve miles from the
summit Of Grandfather Mountain. in
Mitchell county, without the written
consent of the owners or lessee of the
land through which said streams flow.
and that it shall be unlawful for any
persons to throw or empty any matter
or substance deleteriOus or injurious 20
the life of mountain trout, into said
river and streams,
IF any person or persons be seen
at or near the stream or streams, with
net, seine. rod or any other kind of
fishing tackle. the same shall be prima
facie evidence OF the violation of this
act.
Any person violating the provisions
OF this act shall be deemed guilty OF
a misdemeanor."
The bill of Mr.. Fleming. of Pitt. 20
gard TO place of trial of actions, is OF
much Importance 1t adds at the end
of that section the following:
Provided that in all actions against
railroads the action shall be tried eth
er In the county where the cause or
action arose or in the county where
the plaintiff resided at the time the
cause OF action arose or in some coun-
" adjoining the county in which the
cause of action arose; subject. how
ever, to the power of the court 70
change the place of trial in the cases
provided by statute"
The House Committee on Railroads
yesterday made favorable report on
the act amending the charter Of the
Raleigh ~ Eastern Railroad so r. 10
allow ii 10 be known as the Raleigh &
Pamlico Sound Railway.
There will be a conference tonight
between the members of the Wake
delegation in the General Assembly and
the County Commissioners, this being
with relation TO q road law for Wake
county.
Senator Empie is always ready to
discuss any question relating TO hunt
ing and the proper methods. first OF
protecting and then of securing game.
Aireodv ne T. known as the sportsman
par excellence Of The Legislature and
any measure dealing with the Cons2r-
walton Of game or hunting privileges
meets with his enthusiastic support.
Also, senator EmDie is up 10 he kinks
Of the trade Of narksrnen and hunt
erS. He knows the various devices of
game accumulation By heart and there
s no new stunt of which he IS not
past master which concerns hunting
lore. Now and then he breaks out
with 4 new thing with the manner
OF man who has grown up with the
story which makes other people sit ur
and think.
a couple Of Senators and u Hcpre-
sentative were walking down with
M:. Empie from Tho capitol yesterday
and adlniring the tight rope per-
Torrance Of the squirrels running
from tree to tree upon the spans Of The
electric light wires, when acme one
spoke u Daniel Boone and his prac-
tice Of getting squirrel meat by bark
ing that is by shooting a rifle bali
so that IL 8trikes the limb on which
the rodent is sitting without actually
striking the game, the result being
that the squirrel IS shocked TO death.
one Of the Senator'S was inclined
to GeEnur' 70 the truth of this tale on
the ground that no man could be ex-
cept accidentally SO expert q shot, but
Mr.. Enpic came promptly 10 the res
cue of Daniel Boona'S reputation:
Barking" saiG he. "Why that's
nothing; you ought to see the way o
friend OF mine in Duplin county does
them. He don't ever think OF n thing
like barking them, because 1t spoils
the meat A squirrel is curious an
imaI, which few people understand.
II you hit him with a shot, or even if
you bark him. the fright makes his
meat fifty per cent. less eatable than
II you take his life before he kowS its
going. There's only one way 10 Kill
squirrel and that is to wind him
What" said we.
Haven't you ever heard Of winding
squirrels?" asked MI Enpie. why
that's the only way n zeal squirrel
hunter does it. You just take big
bore rifle, or, better, a musket, any
way thing that carries & large ball.
Then you see your squirrel OH limb
and you aim just a fraction. Very
small fraction in front of his nose and
shoot As .he ball goes by it creates
a vacuum in its wake and as the near