The news & observer., 1897-03-09

Dockery. called up the penitei1tfary bin,
and said the. fact had leaked out that
$5o,9oo Was, AeifSssYary 70 run it even for
AfiAjs3pi,joint Walters offered tnfYoIloW-
ing resoiuti6n, which was unanimously
iapd BY e rising vote ION motion of Parker
'.'Tliaf the thanks. Of this General. AS
seinbly and of, North Carolina are 'hetebg
tepdered t9 Mrs, =. s. Lls<, for hea, gem
sr9qs 4ndS Sl Paetriptic contribution for the
Brewer moved ltIsed to suspend the rules aud
take up the bill putting, prangeoin the
Fourth and Surry in the Fifth district
l1onng Il !pq mpqYed that it go 20 the table; and
lt99, the table it Went BY an. overwhelming
vote, But the clerk announcedl that the
vote was, tthe other, waYrscY Youngtat once
denied the accuracy of, the. count, rdef
nlanded recount and tellers. Another
vote. was taken, the result being ayes
Al; noes. 40. said the clerk. Young said
Al, to 37,1 Then the yeas and nays We're
demanded. The result, was announced
,as yeas, 44;tnaxs, 50.9 Young said there
was no Republican, caucus on the bill;
/ that an .effoFt 3was being made to put
Brewer in Congress ,phnt he did not want
itf done at the expense of the Fourth
district, The bill passed. and the Speak
,er. said it, was third 1Rading4 Young
protested that. it was oply the8 second
reading IT. was faqnd that eiwas COR
rect BrQWer made. sal motion tOS suspend
the rules and .nutitfe bib on third read I
ing, and on this Young demanded the
yeas and nays, The result was yeas,
Al; nays, 43; so the rules were not stls-
pended, 81. being necessary. .igro.3 s.
Bills passed. at .ps
To Incorporate the Bank of Pitt PSI
y fToprotect wild turkeys inr'4 MacoH
oounty.fl} rJfguE < @t Jar9I
To add Nash and Wilson counties te
the Fsastern.iC Criminal / Court lt1GfreIlf!i
(The disorder was so great the Speaker
said, TF6r G6tiis' sake, sit down gentle
men.') +fSH
Pc TO prosi,fd for working Hertfofd'si
public roads. .'R't s9apq9s1
TO appropriate $4,000 for buqlaiugsa'
sBsleigb si and It $bif i a $aother & boiler boiler. e
'passed second reading Faganiobjeeted
TO third reading. .,i' f..etr
To provide FOR working Wilson's roads
f*ffi | 1ft6.s q 'ta~+t''e'
Cook called, up q, resolution offanaa by
,committee in regard tetpaying election,
contests of Carter VS., Reed andsiWilliaans.
Us. Ransom, frem Mecklenburg. allow ing
the contestants, $500, each, Mckenzie
asked what provision was made for Reed
and Ransom. who only, asked fDrI$1S0.'
Fhe. resolution failed to pass.g Cook
lodged a motionfaito reconsider Me-
IL
1t reconsidered. He offered an amenda
ment paying each OF the four persons
SJS9.a Cook called to Clanton and VIII
liams and asked if they were willing to
take $1S9. Mckenzie asked il ever, pre-
vious to 1896, Hancock had heard of
the payment Of greater sum to- one than
another. McKenzie's amendment wa.s
adopted and the resolution was adopted
Then the resolutions to pay other COM
1testahts came up. 10 pay Reel and
Ransom $1S9 each. Alexander offereatpffi'
amendment to cut down to $50 Me-
Ken2ie. said Alexander ought to WITH
draw this. Alexander said he wea4d net
but later ter he withdrew il The resolution
was sj.i ADOPTED sasesal cfta
I SENATE--AFTERNQQN SESSION.
The Senate re-assemhled at $50
O'Clock. rms the following bills were dis
~ Eiiii1ieend Eiiiied chapter 80. Private Laws
1S69-'7O - ..., upsigsa3s
To Extend the corporate. limits of Mt
QGse. Passedr .J4u4 -H @s4-
eh At $40 the Senate resolved itself into
sG9mpittee lof othei Whole to consider the
Machinery Aet4Y.lW When hhe section was
reached exempting raternal and benevo-
leut societies, Mr.. Maultsby offered an
amendment striking, out the Farmers
I Mutual Firf Insurance Company He
said. it was ~ regular, gold mine for the
men running it 81, G, s., Carpenter)i
he wanted to get out of, paying any tax
at all; he was making great dead Of mon
eys out Of the poor, farmers OF the State
and not paying one cent of tax for doing
business in this State; he should be made
to pay, because it was in no wise q sbeneE-
olent association The amendment was
lost and the company will be exempted
from taxation.
An amendment, was. offered and adopt
ed adding at the end of section 67Ithe fol-
lowing: The conditions Of 64, 65aand 60
4 -shaff not be required when any. county
shaft become the purchase" n eaF
Mr. Atw;tter offered ah amendment to
secti8fi 10, to provide Il way to make
pe1sssiis and corporations list all the
1,ondsg stocks, solSehp credits, ete,y he
said as it was now, no one gave in all they,
should; that the rich were not taxed as
they eyoshoutd be- batdthe poor man had TO
pay IOn everything he had, because he
had ,n0 bonds oFanfoney to- hide. Amend
anent lost. 53@at 00a
The Machinery Act, as amended, was
adopted. -.
! The Committee of the Whole arose at
t5 O'Clock, and the Machinery Act pissed
third Feadingao1 na wa
The .calendaF1was taken Iul. 3
u,oTo drop Moore's Historgiof North Gar
/ pliIla from the school list. u4.l 'ioo S !
/ o1,he, SelatoQr fFom SSHHFg (Ashburl1J,
the one who got in his little work during
this, session creating neY Townships In
SurFyS county, thereby repudiating s20,-
000 yyertif cf aifoHfest- -fUngis. spok eoin flTer