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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1893
Page
2
The piece argues against urban drift, noting farmers can prosper by farming and paying debts, while town life imposes rents and goods costs. It reflects on weather, pests, railroads, and speculative tech advances, and surveys political figures, treasury concerns, local incidents, and regional news across North Carolina.
In Raleigh the House introduced bills to cut the legal interest rate from eight to six percent and to repeal savings bank taxation. A four year report from the State University was requested. Agricultural Committee eyed Labor Bureau laws and abolition. A Senate-passed bill directs the State Treasurer to pay for the Lilly patrol steamer bought to deter pirates in eastern North Carolina oyster waters. value 25000, purchase 87500, most still due. A House bill grants Railroad Commissioners power to tax steamboat property. An oyster fishing bill passed repeals 1491 vote limits, broadening access to fishing in Eastern Carolina and ending monopolies on oystermen.
Judge Bryan addressed the grand jury urging vigilance on capital offenses and secret political organizations. Several cases on the docket were disposed or continued with costs, including dismissals for retailing and gambling with costs paid, and a guilty verdict for resisting an officer.
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