The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-09

all COlOred children under IA ears
without parents or homes, shall be
eligible to admission.
Sutton. OF Cumberland, to amend
section 699 Of the Code.
Hancock, to increase the eppropria
tion to the State Guard from s $4,000 to
$16, 600 annually, and the annual al
lowance to each company from 500 to
5000.
The calendar was taken up.
Bills passed amending the charter OF
Selma.
To charter the Stone Mountain Rail
way.
To keep in repair stock law fences in
Robson.
To incorporate Redmond, Madison
county.
Resolution in favor Of Sylvester
Scovel, an American newspaper corre-
sp0rdent in prison in Cuba.
For the relief of eheriffs and tax col
l~ectors, allo wing them to collect ar
rearages of taxes since 1891. Amend,
ments poured in excepting counties.
| Alexander denounced all such bills. He
was told it was a custom at each legis
Iative session to pass such a bill.
Hancock endeavored to obtain con
sent to take up and put on it's third
reading his resolution to attend the
| New Barne Fair, but Young objected.
The Senate bill to stimulate local
taxation for schools by using the State
| Board of Education to use as much as
800, 900 to rural districts which for
three successive years to tax them
selves, the gifts to be IN surns Of $50,
! SIS and 800 q year.
Dixon, OF Cleveland, said this was
an excellent bill, and it passed its read
iugs
Bills passed to take Vance county
| out of the Eastern Criminal Circuit.
To give the local boards Of trustees
| of the coIorcd State normal schools en-
| tire charge of such schools, such boards
Co be appointed by the State Beard of
| Education.
To extend the corporate limits of
| Maxton.
Foster, rising to a question OF per
! sonaI privilege, said that he was re-
corded as not having voted on the
HeUser bill day before yesterday that
is, Hauser's minority report on his bill
to reduce railway fares to II and 2
! cents. He said be had voted against
tabling, but that the clerk had made an
error IN adding, SO that the vote ap.
peered as So TO "a IN favor Of tabling,
The Till by Bryan, Of Chatham, to
repeal the appropriation to the State
| University, was u~nfaVorably reported.
The House refused, upon a vote, to
take up on second reading, the resolu
tion to attend the New Borne Fair.
Bills passed TO reduce the rates for
pilotage for Cape Fear river and bar
reduction % per cant. on vessels under
coastwise Gcense)
To amend the charter Of the town of
Springhope, Nash county.
To make the law against fishing with
| gill nets in Albemarle sound operative
March 31st, next
To incorporate Roanoke Rapids,
! Halifax county.
To allow Caldwell county to levy a
special tax
To allow Caldwell county to use ON.
viC5 labor on it's roads.
To change the corporate limits Of
Clyde, Hay wood county.
The bill making appropriations for
the maintenance of the three insane
! asylums wac taken up. u has already
! been summarized 1t gives 800, GO TO
! the Western hospital at Morganton,
| $63, 010 to the asylum at Raleigh, and
! $43 900 to the Eastern hospital at Colds
] bUrO. Robson and Durham counties
| transferred 10 the asylum st r leigh,
and $3.50 per capita it allowed for the
! patients then transferred, and "a 900 is
appropriated for the purchase Of q
/ farm adj1inining the lands Of the asy-
/ lum at Raleigh For the purchase of
a farm for the Eastern hospital, 81 $50
is allowed, end 50 500 for an electric
plant.
Hauser offered an amendment to
make the appropriation to the Morgan
ton hospital 800, 900 Abernethy offered
ar amendment so make it $50. 900. Nc
| Crary said Treasurer Worth had visited
the Morganton hospital and thought
$50 coo was the proper sum to be ap
prCpriated. White. Of Alamance, and
Hancock spoke in favor of the 800
900 appropriation. Pearson spoke of
the management Of the hospital as
magnificent. MCCrary said North
| Carolina could not afford to have mag
nificent things. He also said there
we're only three things North Crrolina
was proud of-the Morganton hospital,
the Confederate monument and Bit
more. Llsk added, land Of the mem.
ber from Davidson" Person, of Wayne,
ask9c il McCrary was q candidate for
CfiC8. McCTary reported that he did
not went any place, but that Person
was hankerit g nightly TO be Superin
tendent Of insane asylum az Raleigh.
This brought down the house. CaShey
replied to McCrary and said his was
| the first attack he had ever heard made
upon the hospital. He said no increase
was asked for and he urged a continu-
aGce of the appropriation. White, Of
Randolph, declared that there was
gross extravaganza in these public in
stitutions, and said the common schools
! got little money because of these costly
public institutions. He said members
! would not dare On the stump to advo-
cate these appropriations He offered
an amendment making the apprOpria-