The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-03-14

70 the Honorable, the House oi Repre- y
sentatiye-: !
Gentlemen | have just had my at (
tention called, unOiiiciaily, To the ioI- {
lowing quoted clipping from the New {
and Observer Of March 9. a
I'm answer to the same. notwithstanc- I
ing the notice did not reach M oifI- |
cially. will say, for til" information OF
YOUR Honorable Body, and all Others
concerned. that "the same business.
referred to in the notice, ha- been ar
ranged for the present at saving oi
800 per year less Of the peoplc'- money
than the same business has ever cost
them in the past. up 10 January J, $3.50.
Yours very truly,
". II. WORTH,
state Treasurer.
"a few DAYS ago Mr.. Ray introduced
in the house a-re-olution requesting the
state Treasurer to furnish information
a. to what he j. paying Walton, II any
! thing, for doing the same business that
| the Bank Of piedmont did under the |
! Democratic administration without
charge. The Treasurer has not yet re-
ported. though the resolution was |
adopted by the house
The house took a recess till ! 30 p. III.
| NlEbt -f@N'oH'
The House met AT ! 30 and the fol-
lowing bills
PASSED THIRD READINGS.
The bill providing for an appropria-
ton to a COlOrrd school in Winston ol
90 for every dollar they raise, intro
duccd by Mr.. I+nback, provoked some
discussion. Mr.. FlaCk said he would
vote against this and every other prop
osition to make apprOpriat ions to
schools until money was appropriated
to carry out the constitutional require
ment OF four months term To the pub
he schools Of the state.
The bill was advocated by White,
: Young and Leinback and passed Sec
ond and third readings.
:, BILL 10 REGULATE HOME AND FOREIGN
BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.
The compromise bill for the prOteC-
ton OF building and loan associations
came up. Amended by Mr.. McClammy
,, by providing the premiums charged
: shall not exceed a greater rate than .
per cent. Mr.. Campbell opposed the
amendment. Mr.. johnson moved to
=, lay the bill and amendments Oh the
table. The ayes and noes were called
land the motion to table was lost by a
vote of u to G3. The bill was discussed
:, by Messrs. Ewart, Campbell, McClam-
.. my and White, the last three speaking
q against it. The bill passed its second
- reading. The amendment was lost
A motion was made to suspend the
= rules and put the bill on its third
: reading. Motion lost. The bill went
- over till tomorrow.
~ The following bills
10 PASSED THIRD READING:
70 appoint ). b. Holland, cottOl
r Weigher for Durham; for the relief o
Wilson graded school, Senate bill, t,
a invalidate certain probates and regis
I'd trations; Senate, 40, to re-enact chap
d. ter 81 private laws of 1898; resolution
to pay expenses of Senate committee
n SlO.l5 for visiting State farm; Senat
y. bill, to change time of holding Angus
r term of IIarnett county and abOlls
ri August term of Johnston SuperlO
Il courts for the relief of VIM. Ill. Lam
beth, a Confederate soldier; to plac
d. Mitchell Humphrey, Henry Bass an
to Geo. +. Knox, on the pension roll; t
authorize the payment of pensiO
nd warrant to Mrs. Gillian to incorpOrat
he the prison association of North Care
AS lima: to create a township in Cumbel
at land to authorize the Secretary
duplicates of books destroyed by fire
TO- to protect fish in Swift Greek, Wax
err county; bill for uniting the VIM.
N Saunders Society and Historical SOeit
IN. ty of North Carolina; to create he
mt township in Rockingham; to abolis
he county board of education in Cher
ID kee and Clay counties; to incorpora
the United Baptist Institute of Ale,
tc ander county: to relieve clerk of sup
for rior court of Henderson; to NAL
lr. Chocowinity creek lawful creek;
Use allow the town of Marion to SecuI
on water supply and release manufactu
ing enterprises from municipal lakes
Nn The following were placed on Il
vas pension roll: James Lewis of Madis(
and William Cooper.
as BILL TO PROVIDE FOR MAINTENANCE {
10 THE PENITENTIARY.
III This bill makes an appropriation
Tor $l1 ,lSS.1l to pay debt already incu
IN red; $4,000 to supplement the resou
. ces of the penitenuiary for its suppo
ell during the current year of 1895; al
$4,000 a contingent appru priation f
OF the year 1896 to be used only upon Il
his recommendation of the board of d
ay, rectors of the penitentiary and Il
Ihe approval of the Governor.
ave Mr.. Ellis moved to strike out Il
$4,000 for contingent fund. A co
oil tingent fund was set apart , years as
ose ID was said that we We
ms making the pententiary self-sustai
eir ing. Now they've spent all the co
eht tingent fund We voted them two yea
ina ago, and they come up here with
debt of Sli,lS0. The passage of tt
ad- bill was advocated by Messrs. Eva
lde johnson and Julian. Each of the
tne gentlemen said the committee HI
Die thoroughly Investigated this matt,
rry and We could trust them when tn
said IT would require this much to ST
LED tain the peniteu Jiary. Mr.. Ellis sa
it had been claimed in stump speech
BILE all over the state that the penitentia
was Self-sustainng, and now this W
an. denied here. The bill passed its seco
OK. and third readings.
on, Mr.. Henderson moved to recOnsid
try'I Mr.. Ewart moved to table.
an Mr.. Henderson asked for the ay
,ry. and noes. The motion to table fail,
ae1 On motion the House adjourned.
ice, A SENSATION.
phi, Quite sensation occurred in t
nth House last evening. just before a
lor, journment, Mr. White, of Blade
oih, arose to Il question of personal pri
&c lege and called attention to the f
wn lowing telegram which he was
mn, formed was read In the Sens
art. by Senator Dowd. Democrat. It
,rd, "crazy Beler" referred to is an {
of negro living in Bladen and is n,
'ins sick):
lru, ~ ell White, of Bladen to hold t
Iov' legislature OF North Carolina
o13'' sessi IN in readiness to adjourn
DOL, honor of Crazy Beler.'"
son, Mr.. White said: This telegr;
of was sent from Clarkton, Blad
mas, county, and signed by 'Blad
ms, County The man who st
S. that telegram knows my ma
nd and address. The telegram "
intended as personal insult
r If me. The man who sent it is a &C