The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-02

of the past.
But soon people who knew Jay Gould
members. under the high cost of liv-
ing" conditions that prevail, lose money
in attending legislative sessions. and
he does not believe that the people
want any such condition to continue.
Pending Labor DiiIs.
| On Wednesday OF next week all The
! pending bills bearing on labor in man
ufactories now before the Legislature
Will be considered by the joint Com.
rnittec on Manufacturing. At that
time it is expected that manufacturers
will be here from all parts of the state
TO oppose the sixty-hour labor bill and
other impending measures that are OBJ
ject onable.
| Members of tho House Committee on
| Education, accompanied BY State SUI
| perntendent of Public Instruction j. y
Jovner. have gone TO Greenvillc to In
| spect the Eastern Carolina Teachers
| Training School. They will return
Thursday Members OF the senate
Committee on Education are TO go TO
| Greensboro Friday 10 inspect the state
Normal and Industrial College and the
| Colored Agricultural and Mechanical
| College
I Ex-Governor Charles g. Aycock,
| leading counsel for the advocates OF
/ Pledmont county, closed the discussion
/ last night at the hearing hcforc tho
| joint Senate and House Committees
on Counties, Cities and Towns, lasting
throughout the entire afternoon over
| thirty speeches were made for ana
| against establishing Piedmont out of
portions OF Guilford. Davidson ana RAN
| dolnh. and each Side presented claims
| that the committees viii weigh we'll
| h.,f. .. N;,.t.
mendation to the General Assembly for
! or against the new county
Piedmont advocates were here in
| large numbers, a special train from
High Point bringing 432 .'rootcrs.''
while Greensboro had large dele
! CATION here to oppose the movement
| delegations also being present from
I Davidson and Randolph counties OPP
posing Piedmont.
The question of Discrimination
| against the municipal governments Of
! the State In the matter Of their partl-
! cipation or lack of participation in
| privilege taxes through the opera ton
| Of the State revenue act has Just come
In for e lengthy hearing before the
Joint Finance Committee OF the Leg
| lslature, In which the committee OF
Mayors from the North Carolina NUM-
| cipal League presented the contentious
| OF the towns that they should have
some benefits along with tile State in
these sources of revenue. Mayor Pitt
| man Of Henderson, Mayor Mcneil, of
FaNettcville. and NJ. j, Heyer. OF VIII
mington. were the principal speakers
The committee took no action.
State Forestry Convention.
| Citizens from Wilmington to Ashe-
| vile and beyond are here to-day and
tonight for the State forestry conven-
ton, which held morning. afternoon
| and evening sessions. Governor Eitch-
in welcomed the delegates, ana the re-
| sponse was by Hon Fred X rate, of
| High Point. Other features of the
morning session were valuable papers
on Forestry problems in this state. by
State Forester j. S. Holmes; THE
| Lumber Man and Practical Forestry"
by j. b. Blades, Of Newborn and the
| Relation of Water Power to Practical
Forestry" by W. S. Lee vicc-presi-
| dent Of the Southern Power Conlnany
| Charlotte
During the afternoon there were ad-
! dresses by State Forester Alfred Gas
XII. of New Jersey, and Thomas p
! IVY, OF South Conway, New Hampshire
J the latter treating Forest Protection
and Revenue" State Geologiat Joseph
| Hyde Pratt discussed compvehensively
| The Stock Law and Its Relation TO
| Forestry"
Ihere was discussion of railroads
| and their relation to forestry by NUM-
Der Of railroad Inen and also a general
discussion OF changes and extensions
I OF the forestry laws for North Carolina
| that involves prccaution against forest
| flres and conservation of the growing
| trees as the matured timber is being
cut and hauled. Tonight there was an
| address BY II NJ. Curran, forester of
the Philippine Islands, on "The Practi-
| cal Application Of Forestry"
| Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire of the
/ Diocese of North Carolina. has Just re-
turned from Jamaica, where he partic-
| lpat5d IN the conservation of churches
| that have been rebuilt since the great
earthquake En- route back to North
Carolina, the bishop stopped in Cam
| bridge, Mass and delivered an address
on The Church in the Confederate
States"