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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1893
Page
6
The House discusses charter amendments for the Moore county railroad company and regulatory bills on officers' pay, road law reforms, and local tax powers. Debates cover aiding Asheville school improvements, deaf mutes Morganton, and various railway incorporations and budget appropriations including state college funding.
The forty ninth day featured numerous bills in both chambers including incorporation of the Y M C A of Winston and the Catawba electric power company, consolidation of railways, bond issues for Beaufort and Wake counties, road improvements in New Hanover, and adjustments to tax, school, and insurance laws. Debates touched pension tax rates, salad ad valorem, and various local charters plus new townships and institutions.
The record lists several proposed and enacted measures: raising the colored normal school to eight teachers per class, allowing Nash County to levy a special tax, incorporation of South Wadesboro in Anson County, consolidation of Wilson’s charter, amendments to Clinton’s charter, subdividing murder into two degrees with definitions, certification of Peabody normal college graduates as public school teachers, shade tree planting on public school grounds, oaths for justices of the peace on the first Monday in June, and a special order approving maintenance of the Raleigh Agricultural and Mechanical College with a $10,000 annual appropriation and $2,500 for 1893-94 to buy eighteen acres of land near the college.
A long session summary notes numerous bills and resolutions on infrastructure railroads taxation and state services. It records third readings approving militia establishment a quarantine station at Southport and a finetuning of penal and judicial provisions while detailing amendments to the code and tax laws and a heated debate over appropriations in the million dollar legislature.
A digest of measures passed third reading or introduced, including allowing High Point to levy a special school tax, amending Ashboro and Lum berton charters, expanding Windsor Bertie county, incorporating Lumber ton and Lumber river railroad, Louisburg savings bank, Northwestern entities, and several river and electric lines. Proposals also include tax arrears in Fayetteville, new institutions for education and charity, and resolutions on trusts and redistricting.
A Davie county dispute over the Harmers Alliance store in Mocksvolie draws state press attention. The Alliance disavows involvement, stating it runs no stores or stock and condemns members who start stores. The stockholders claim losses but express relief at exiting the venture.
New York reports cotton opened firm gaining three to four points from Wednesday as Arkansas legislature declined to endorse the Hatch anti option bill. A handful of New York speculators advanced prices, arguing speculative pressure rather than supply and demand governs futures.
A quirky dialogue on a snowy day critiques the Legislature and its spending. Betsy rages at lawmakers, while a correspondent laments pensions and State funds. The talk drifts to a proposed suicide club among legislators and the desire for reform.
The Madrid Spanish paper American Enterprise warns against American expansionism. It claims a syndicate bought 500000 acres in Santo Domingo and predicts possible annexation. It cites English and American capitalists collaborating and notes profits favor capitalists while locals lose.
An agricultural journal critiques grain and cotton futures markets as risky, noting occasional price boosts from exchanges but condemning the gambling nature of futures dealing. It argues that while lotteries yield occasional large prizes, futures ruin many farmers, and calls such transactions disreputable.
In a Democratic caucus last Thursday night Josephus Daniels editor of the North Carolinian was reelected for a fourth term as State Printer. The News and Observer notes the imprimatur of party approval and mocks rivals who sought the printing contract.
Last Wednesday the House defeated the anti-option bill after passage in the House and Senate. A two thirds rule was applied and the tally stood 172 Yeas to 124 Nays. The roll call lists numerous lawmakers from many states with Abbott to Yourcans among Yeas and Andrew to Wise among Nays. The piece notes political commentary urging independents to strike out their own tickets.
A Raleigh North Carolina address records a subscription order for The Progressive Farmer, noting payment for a one year subscription and instructions on where to send the payment and renewals. The fragment implies a postal or business transaction with likely personal details omitted.
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