The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-01-31
Delegations will SWoOp Down
Upon Raleigh This Week
RAILROAD HEARING TUESDAY
Raleigh Has About abandoned the
Idea Of Securing Commission Form
Of Government From This LegisIa-
turc Unless Statewide Bill Is En-
acted to Change Charters.

Raleigh, Jan. 3O.-Delegations num-
bering into the hund eds will swoop
down upon the Legislature this week
| from High Point and Greensboro, the
former to press their claims for the
establishment OF Piedmont county,
with High Point as tine county seat.
and the latter to oppose the move
ment. For months the people of High
Point and surrounding territory have
been waging the campaign for the new
county carved out of portions of Gull
ford, Davidson and Randolph, and
ever since the general assembly has
been in session Piedmont headquart-
ers have been maintained at the Var
borough here. The Piedmont advo-
Gates have chartered a special train
Of ten coaches to bring the delegation
| from High Point to Raleigh Tuesday,
and every factory in High Point will
shut down that day to give their en-
ployees an opportunity Of coming here
to lend their help in making the de-
termined fight for the new county.
Equally determined against the move
ment will be the large delegation that
will be here Tuesday from Greensboro
and surrounding section. At "a largely
attended and enthusiastic meeting in
Greensboro Saturday resolutions of
protest against the dismemberment OF
Guilford were adopted and the Green's
boro delegation will have some of that
lcity's best speakers at the hearing
Tuesday afternoon and evening before
the joint senate and house committees
on counties, cities and towns. Each
side viii come TO Raleigh confident of
victory and the contest will not only
prove interesting but spirited and hard
fought. The joint committees will an
nounce their decision Tuesday as to
whether or not they will report favor
ably on the proposition to establish
Avery county out of Mitchell and Cald-
we'll The ques.ion Of establishing
Hoke county out OF Cumberland and
Robson has already been reported
lfavorably, and will be fought out on
the floor of the senate and house as a
special oder in each house during
be week.
II looks like Raleigh has about aban-
doned the idea OF securing commission
form Of government from this legisla-
ture. unless possibly there is the en-
actment Of the statewide bill 10 allow
cities and towns to adopt and change
their charters at will, subject to the
approval OF the attorney-gen raj of
the state as to constitutionality. The
aldermen are moving now. through a
Legislative committed, to procure
amendments TO the present charter
that will allow the election of alder
men by the voters Of the city at large.
two from each ward. The present
system Is for each ward 10 elect its
own representatives on the board of
aldermen. The aldermen are also
planning to secure the right 70 issue
street improvement bonds. Some want
slj0.OOO. others want s250.O0O. and the
more progressive and daring in such.
matters are insisting that not less
than s5OO.Ooo should be provided for
the work duriAg the next two yeas.
Uniform Bill Of Iading.
The uniform bill OF lading measure
Is to have IT'S final hearing before the
judiciary committee No. Tuesday
afternoon. This is the bill for which
he banking interests OF the state are
making the principal light and the
railroads are strenuously opposing. II
would make bills Of lading for cotton
absolutely negotiable paper that can
be hypothecated BY the holder Al will.
the carrier issuing L being liable 70
the cotton L represents and fof any
fraud that may be praeticed In is Is
suance BY any agent
Hearing on Railroads.
There will BE- a hearing by the SEN
ate committee on railroads Tue sday
afternoon on the Baggett bill They
propose to force the railroad COM
panies to pull mileage on the trains
instead OF requiring mileage tickets.
by requiring all railroads that refuse
This concession 10 sell tickets Il ..
lcent rate instead Of i-g cents al.
lowed under the passenger rate ac'.
under which Il Is charged that the
railroads have taken advantage q the
state and the travelling public Ii ex-
aeiing he mileage ticket nuisance
las It Il denominated The railroad au-