The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-05
Under the Dome.

OUWO4 L11C OO111Ss
Whatever may be said of others,
that man, Gus Graham-the Hon.
Ex-Judge A. w. Graham, of Gran
ville-loomS up as one of the most
prominent, level headed and useful
members of the present Legislature.
Granville county has cause to be
proud of such representative and
she will make no mistake in continu-
ing to send such men to the General
ssembly.-Henderson Gold Leaf.
North Carolina railroads would
please the General Assembly if they
would adopt the plan adopted by the
Texas railroads as thus told about in
the Charlotte News:
'"The railroad managers of Texas
are going to take the public into their
confidence in the future, believing
that when the people have a better
and clearer idea of the business of
railroads they will be better salts
fed with the general conditions. In
the future, instead of sending emin-
ent lawyers and lobbyists to the Leg
islature to look after legislation
bearing on railroads the COM
panies will submit every question that
comes up to the people direct. The
managers believe that when the pub
lie comes to know the internal work
ings, the ups and downs and the
many perplexing problems confront
ing railroads they will be more rea-
sonable in their demands The as
ISOLATION of Texas railroad managers
has agreed above all else to conform
strictly to State and Interstate laws.
Ey so doing, and also by taking the
public into their confidence the rail-
road companies of the Lone Star
State feel that they will take a long
step IN solving the very serious prob
lem which faces them
Representative Hollowell is a poet,
but few of his associates in the Legis-
Iature have seen any of his illusions.
Until he came to Raleigh, Mr.. Hol-
lowell had never heard Of the great
value of ginseng. He wrote home to
the Goldsboro Argus about the bill to
protect growing ginseng and dropped
into poetry as follows:
1T is said to be immensely valuable,
and those raising it are by the bill
required to enclose it with a barbed
wire fence ten feet high, and on ac-
count of its value the punishment for
stealing it was put at fifteen years; the
discussion was over the excessive pun
ishment, the question being whether
it should be any more than for any
other case of larceny the term of
imprisonment was finally fixed at five
years.
ION account of the name of the
product or something else, caused
me to become very much Interested in
the discussion, and upon going to bed
last night every time / would get to
sleep / would dream about ginseng
/ dreamed l was sick and 1 was being
given ginseng tea. Upon awakening
/ imagined l could taste ginseng. And
l. Tho
imaginary taste out of my mouth,
the following lines came to my mind:
"Ginseng! Ginseng!
A plant with such a name,
1T puts me wondering what it's like
And the place from whence it
came.
A priceless herb whose very name
Creates a mystic charm;
And every man is q millionaire
That owns an acre farm.
Ginseng, Ginseng.
An herb so very rare,
That this great commonwealth of
Bestows protecting care.
Five years await the guilty one
Who gets it on the sly,
Though he climbs a harbed wire
fence
That measures ten feet high
Moving Along All Right.
Durham Sun.
Governor Glenn's administration is
moving along all right. He has been
in office scarce two months, and one
browning feature of his efforts to
serve this people well and faithfully
is the settlement of the State bond
question. He pursued the manly
course, and is receiving the praise of
the people.
Statesmen not all Dead.
Salisbury Sun.
Governor Aycock earned for himself
the lasting gratitude of North Caro-
lima by his successful efforts toward
the upbuiIding of the public school
system. At the very out set of his
administration, Governor Glenn has
achieved distinction by his settle
ment of the South Dakota and Shaffer
Bros bond case. 1t is a settlement
that reflects credit on the State and
at the same time has been secured
without heavily involving matters
financially. With North Carolina rep
resented in the Senate by two such
men as Senator Simmons and Over
man and with governors such as Ay-
cock and Glenn, the contention that
the South is not producing any more