The news & observer., 1905-01-07

said Representative Owens, of Curri-
| tuck, yesterday. Our hunters get
about forty to fifty cents a piece, and
they are shipped to Northern markets
Canvass backs bring very high prices
l followed cunning in battery fourteen
| winters"
How much moneys worth is the
largest result of one days shooting?"
l asked him.
MY brother and myself in one day
killed $125 worth-mostly canvass
| backs and duck heads he said
''Currituck county-in the south
half-regards duck and geese hunting
as its chief industry. tt is a God
send to the people of that section.
Clubs have bought much land and eff
forts are made every year to deprive
! the home people of their privileges.
Much money has been invested in
! club houses and our county is the
] haven of duck hunters all over the
| world
Mr.. Owens says that next to duck
the best crop in Currituck is growing
| truck for Northern markets. The soil
ana climate are perfectly adapted to
| truck growing. Before coming to the
! Legislature Mr.. Owens was for a term
! of years chairman of the Board of
| county Commissioners and is one of
| the best posted men in his county.
Representative Percy J. Oliver
member of the House from Wake
| mas been made president of the COM
| pany in Apex that publishes the Apex
News. While he is in the legislature
Or. Utley, who has largely contributed
TO the success of the News, will render
material aid in carrying on the paper
until Mr. Olive returns to Apex.
MI. Olive has the GOOD fortune to have
! been born Ito the public" SO to speak
not the purple of royalty or
wealth, but what is higher-ser-
vice and character. His grand
| lather, Rev. Johnston Olive was the
foremost preacher of his day in Wake
county and did more for the upbuild-
ing of the Baptist church than any
,, man In the county. His father, the
late Senator Fl. G. Olive, was one OF
the most patriotic and useful citizens
VINO has lived in Wake county in it's
history. He represented the county
with ability and acceptability in the
Senate and died beloved by the whole
county. Wakes young representative
is "a chip off the old block" and will
add honor to the good name he bears.
The dignified member of one of the
legislative houses did not arise yes
terday morning in time for the ses-
sion. In fact, the member was weary
ana he slept peacefully past the hour
of adjournment. When his room
mate--the Roland to the slumberers s
Oliver-returned from his delibera-
tons, he found his friend still. sleep
ing with the soft and satisfying cad
ence that denotes a real if uncon-
scious delight in the exercise Rol-
and looked at the PROSTATE form OF
his friend on the bed and pulled his
dropping brown mustache in medita-
ton:
"Hey!" he shouted in feigned ex-
citement. Get up, Great Scott
here you have been sleeping all the
morning when you ought to have been
OH hand if you ever We're! It's gone
now. Do you know what they did ?"
Oliver stretched himself with the
languid ease or a gentleman of the old
school, used to the chances of fate
and refusing to become excited. He
suppressed a yawn daintily behind a
hand that carressed the hair on his
upper lip:
Mo-" said he with half interest.
What did they do?"
DOE" exclaimed his friend "By
blankety blank, when you were lying
here snoring they changed the name
of your county to Ransom, that's what
they did. You see.' he explained,
''they wanted to name some county
-
only one that didn't have man on
hand TO object.
In two seconds, the languid MEM
ber was out of bed and divesting him
self of a suit of sky-blue pajamas for
his boots and trousers His haste was
that of one faced with a tragedy. His
reputation was at stake. The thought
of his constituents showed in each Of
the worried lines of his wrinkled
brow.
Hold on YOU sleepy headed anti
dote for mirth," explained Roland:
its all a joke"
The member, his eyes still flashing
with excitement, sank into a chair and
regarded his friend with sober resent
ment which gradually fickered into a
:heepish smile.
"Blank' you. said he, 1.-THE soda
water is mine.!"
Legislators are telling good joke.
on the Hon. Claude kitchin, the
bearder of Roosevelt and old prognos-
tication Grosvenor. 1t seems that a
week or so ago the Congressman en-
tered a Scotland Neck barber shop III
n great hurry to demand a razor
which he had left to be honed. "lt
aint done Sah. sstid the barber.
Give it to me anyhow, then" said
Mr.. Kitchin: I've got to have it to-
night Law Marse Claude. replied
the barber. dat razzer amt no good
like it. is whatsomever. 1t am too dull
FOR your interestingspection at all,
Sab" "Iion't care" persisted the
Congressman, I've got to have it to-
night; I'm going to reception, a
party you know.
The BARRIERS face cleared into an
ivory grin of relief: '"To be sho,
said he "ef dat's what you wants Wild
a razzer, you kin have mine. She
amt so turrible sharp. and she got
one leetle gap in 'er hin quarter, but
| done wed q wide row wild 'er at
Christmas festibe las night, and she
sho' is all right, all right-Yas sah:
Yo' sho is welcome, Sah!''
"Yance" Howell, who is the clerk
in the engrossng department of the
Senate was a candidate for assistant
door keeper Of the House. After the
caucus. he bestirred himself as man
of progressive instinct and Initiative
and finally landed q job. After he
had settled down. Mr.. Howell cast
about in his mind to take stock. AS
he ran over the expense account of his
trip ne paused with troubled face.