The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-26

Mercy! how fair and childlike.
| thoughtful and innocent this was!
| am perfectly satisfied my brother
| CoWan, after having put the ieglsla-
| live shacKles on the arms of his op-
| ponents would never for one time
think of taking non-suits and starting
again. l am aware of the fact that
| the Supreme Court has broadly init
| mated in Bevers VS.. Park SO, 456,
| that the Legislature cannot revive an
Faction once barred by the statute of
| limitations Section 15S was not lin
| contemplation by the court at all and
so far as [ know the case of E.itchie
! US. Fowler, supra, was the first time
it was ever decided that senior
grantee must bring his action against
| the junior grantee for the same land
| in ten years from registration of the
! junior grant. Did the Legislature, II
they have passed the bill, intend to
! make it retroactial and Omen up
troubles among the people thought TO
be forever put TO rest by section
| cannot believe 1t. If not intended
| 10 revive rights already barred then
| what is the use of any legislation on
| the subject at all? The answer
| probably be to prevent q man from
getting a grant for land which had
already been granted to some one else
| who neglected to take it in possession,
and at the end of ten years hold II by
! pleading the tan years statute. but
| this cannot be done as chapter 49O or
| Public Laws of 1893 make the Junior
| grant utterly void and not even color
| OF title. The senior grantee OF land
| is the best protected man IN the
world. The junior grantee might I'VE
| on il a hundred years. and under the
I.,., 90 Co. hi.
never become even color of title. Be-
| fore closing these few lines | wish to
| disclaim any reflection on the able
! and distinguished member from jack
! son who took upon himself the pleas
| ant task of fathering this bill and de-
! sire TO say that the following few
/ lines of poetry are not intended to
| apply TO him il any sense whatever:
| Which l wish TO remark
| And my language is plain,
| That for ways that are dark
! And for tricks that are vain,
i The heather Chinee is peculiar,
| Which the same l would rise TO ex-
plain.
! All Sin was his name;
| And / shall not deny,
! In regard to the same,
| What that same might imply;
| But his smile it was pensive and
! childlike.
! AS ! frequent remarked to Bill Nye.
it was August The third,
! And quite soft was the skies;
Which it might be inferred
That All Sin was likewise; -
Yet ne played it that day upon
William
And me in a way I dispise.
| In his sleeves which were long,
| He had twentv-four Jacks
Which was coming il strong,
Yet ] state but the facts,
And we found OH his nails which were
! taper
What is frequent in tapers-that's
MAX.
| Which is why l remark
| And my language is plain
i That for ways that are dark
| And for tricks that are vain.
| The hcathen Chinee Is peculiar
! Which tho same am free 10 main
tain.
Since writing the above / have con-
lcluded that ( had probably said
something that might reflect on the
wise men assembled in Raleigh ID
make laws for US. and that after all
| they had not passed any such bill,
! still | saw in the peoples paner, the
4 Old Reliable, that that body Of law
makers had actually run every Cti-
i vorce lawyer in the State out OF bust
ness by making one unlawful act on
/ the mart OF the husband, = ground for
divorce proceedings by the wife, and
when | read that l said to myself
| that / was procured to believe almost:
anything and could not refrain from
exclaimins:
I"Do l sleep? Do dream?
| Do / wonder and doubt?
Are things what they seem?
! Or is visions about?
Or has the Caucason played OUT"
No therebwill never be another di-.
yorce case in North Carolina-this is
| the presaging Of 1.-The dawning of q
glorious dax., 1t is now upon US. 1t
| has done come. For has not that
body OF great and glorious men pass
ed the Till providing for a reforma-
tory for yoGnG criminals. This is A
great measure. There is no senti-
ment about ii. Once uoon q time.
there were two little girls working ia
| the field ia q hot summer day They
were nice, healthy girls of sixteen and
eighteen years OF age. One said TO
| the other: ''I want to get ME a good
education and | am too Door TO pay
/ for it and so Is my father. Let Us
make a slip in our conduct and the
State will provide for us" The other
little girl refused. The consequence
was the girl that fell was taken care
of by the great state and the other