The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-12
ENEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS
Appropriated by the Late Legislature.
Four Hundred Bills left on House Cal.
Lendar-MestinE of New B~oards-The
Public PrintinE-Prcsentations to ON.
GERS of the Legislature.
Especial ~ The McssenCer.D

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Public Printing-Prc.entations to ON.
GERS of the Legislature.
Especial II The McssenEerD
Raleigh. y. c.. March 9.-Tt is the
opinion here thai Stcwa-, Brothers arc
Knocked out OF the public printing.
Guerry's portrait OF Senator Vance
VIII he hung in the hall or the house
opposite the portrait OF Washington.
The secretary uf the state farmers
alliance says he hopes its shoe factory
viii get to work after the annual
meeting neNt August.
The secretary OF state grants "A
charter TO the J. II. Armstrong Live
Stock and Dressed Meat Company. Of
Nash county. Il. II. Bum ~ one or the
in~corporators.
No less than 400 bills die on tho
house calendar. among them tho r.
formatory bill and the bin u amend
Ralesgh's charter
G.. Ed. Kestler says Rev. DR.. Babb.
who gets relief" in a few days. - a
substitute for the reformatury bin.
James NJ. Newborn is to H. commits
sioner OF agriculture. Wr"nn. Harris
and Wimbish are all aspirants for the
position OF secretary to the board of
agricultural commissioners The term
Of office of Commissioner :. l.. Pattcr-
son Toes not legally expire until June
10th next. but the f~usionists cfaim that
the new law abolishes his office en-
tireiy.
The new board OF commissioner OF
agriculture. or rather eight OF them.
met this afternoon. effected temporary
organization and adjourned To m~ct
March 23rd. The new board uf trustees
OF the Agricultural and Mechanical
college met there this afternoon.
Up to last night SOL acts and rc~rlu-
tfons OF the legislature had been re
ceived by the secretary OF state. This
afternoon and evening over 200 more
were ratified.
State Treasurer Worth. when asked
this afternoon what is the total amount
of regular. straight and extra appro-
priations continued or made by his
legislature. replied: over 5000. 600.
will pay the regular and straight ones
and pro rate the extra ones"
A ioint committed OF the Legislature,
composed of Senators Atwater and An
thony and Representatives Cook, Nc
Crary and Duffy. called on the gov
ernor this afternoon to see II he had
anything further to lay before the leg
islature. He said he had nothing fur
Their.
w. v. Hall, OF Shelby. Is appointed
chief clerk OF the bureau OF labor
statistics by Commissioners Hamrick.
This afternoon there was nothing
lone by the house and senate save to
rAtify bills and make presents. In the
house a silver pitcher and gobl"ts
were presented by Mr.. Lusk to Chief
Clerk Masten, for whom Mr.. Cunning
ham responded, and a watch to Read
ing Clerk Benbow by Mr.. McCrary,
while Speaker pro TEN Blackburn was
the recipient of a cane. presented by
Mr.. Dixon, OF Cleveland. All these
presents were on behalf OF the house.
Wilmington attorneys in attend
ance on the supreme court are: George
Rountree, j. ID. Rellamy. llcrbclN Nc
Clammy, Iredell Meares, T. w. Strange
and r. X. Bryan.
Speaker Hileman is very sick at his
boarding house today. Pneumonia IL
feared. His temperature Is 1903.
Battle e. Mordecai are OF counsel for
the Central Trust Company in its suits
about the lease OF the North Carolina
railway.
Burch, a dangerously wounded ne
gro here, confesses that he m
burglary.
Aomng today's supreme court opin-
ions are the following: MiZZell vs. Nc
Gowan, from Pitt. new trial: Robbins
vs.. Roscee, from BERTHE, affirmed.
A half length oil portrait OF Governor
Jonathan NJ. Worth was placed ON the
1t is the gift OF the Worth family. In
by w. @. Randall and Is perhaps his
finest piece OF work. Randall has re
arranged all the portraits in the man
sion.