The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-02-02
Richmond. Petersburg and Carolisa


luter -oIats ieispauus aud Ieieg apt
Company, Ju.isn >. Carr aau others
sIockholaers; several local bisis fsaseed
BY leave LeAtaerwood introduced b
b.ii to require Gond. when motions are
luAde TO TeheAr csses, aud to psos.at
Ter judgment 10 TO eEtefsd ty ,ao u
lT1me Curt where the case goe.
asAiust giver .: suca bonds. IT..
Speaker snuouuced a. tue Houss
branch VI the COIN i'll II &c ~ III Lyestigxie
the matter II payments of tsuoiic iu1as
uy tno s ate treasurer To tue peaiteu
t.ary: turrie, Johuson OF Johnston,
AID Pstres.
bills introduced In the H.use were
williams, oi Dar-, 20 provide for III.
promotion aud supervision vi ,ne oysie
industry OF Norm Carolina; Bryan, Z
iadlson. to iepes, chapter 40, putt.
avs VI 1857; Alexander, vi Ru,ueftoro
= bal to create he "Nauco textile ds
i'artment" # the Agricultural aud Nj.
rbanicai College. Tue bit simti
amends section 0. public laws OF 1897,
chapter 4lO. by adding to said section
1T shall bs thu duty Of said board I
r~tabli.h and MAINTAIN q department q
he college In which shall be taugL,
no manufacture Of textile goods.
The bill introduced by Winston t.
make cohabItatIon between the whit
.nd black races fe ory, punishable
- 'mIrIsGnment in the c, nrty ISL
Tor not less than four months or 10
the State prison for not more than five
years came up for c ,usideratlon with
. favorable report from the committee
Ihe bill evoked considerable discussion
Speaker Couner called Hon. Locke
Craig to the chair andttook he floor III
advocacy Of the measure. Ex-Judge
Alien aud Mr.. Justice opposed 'he
bill on the ground that it would
teud to provoke blackmali and fraud.
Au aye and nay vote was demanded on
the vote. The bi rassed second read
.ng by . vots Of G2 to "a. Ray, of
Macon, objec ed to the passage OF the
bill on its third reading. Winston do
med to give his consent to postpone
inent aud the bill passed its tiual read
ny. "A ciincner" was then put on
she bill by motion to reconsider and
av on the liable. The bill to reyu a e
the measurement IF timber came up
with an nnfnvorable report. A suD>tl-
'u'e was .ff-red by the committee
Joues, Of P1uder, the author of the
bli, sad that there was no unlfor II
iule for timber measurement III the
tate, aud that such laws were u,uaI
1t WAS creed that ,ne bill should go
to ihe com nlttee on PROPOSITIONS aud
grievances for further consideration
he Hon concurred IN the amend
lueut adopted by the senate relating t.
ihe bill affecting quo warrnnto pro
yeed,ngs. 1he resolution raising II
committee to name trustees of the U1i
vers tv was adopted.
TWENTY THIRD DAY.-The House VIA
opened with PRAYER by Rev. f. t.
Glenn. Among tue bills introduce
were: Giles. to give each menbe. OF
me First North Cnro,ina kes,meui
wno Is serving in Cuba q medal
jrown, tn charge Siauiy county from
the eleventh 10 the eighth ludIc al
district; Leak, TO incorporate the Pee
Dee News Transit COmrauy Ia tele,
phone company; Willard, TO refund
sl3O. 800 Of WIlmingto bonds due III
1912, $lO0, 00J due III 1918, and $isU, u,
due In 1919, BY the issue of per cent
t"nds. The calendar was taken up.
A joint resolution was adopted to q.
luto the election of twelve directors o
the psnitentiary next Friday. The
following bllls passed: Io appoint .
JIlut committee to investigate the
Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege for negroes located III Green sboro
to re establish Mount Airy township
curry county; to pay expenses of j. Il.
Franks, cOutestee for Senate sea,
rom the thirty fourth district. There
was some discussion of a bill to repea
the act Of 1897, allowing COUNTIES to
pay special veniremen. Nicholson
moved to table, aud this action wa.
taken. despite a favorable committee
report Senate bill to make cruelty IL
another State and abandonment fol
one year another cause for divorce
the law to apply to cases which oc
Cured prior to January 1899, was re-
ierred, owing to an error in date
4 b. II came up in regard to the numbe
Of challenges in capital cases. Hay, .
Macon, said it was Of great imE Eortance
as 1t proposed to change a law which
mad stood for century. He wanted th'
judiciary committee to report on tn,
Oill one way or the other. Moore Offered
II substitute. Hartseli novel to tabl,
the bill and the su ,titute, too, and t.
the table they went By leave, Graz,
Introduced the following bills, all b,
rtquest: 10 place Offences of cruelt,
to animals within the jurisdiction o
magistrates; TO allow clerks of cour
under certain circumstances to pay GU
money TO minors who are wards of til
law; to prevent the necessity Of kissip,
lne Bible when taking an oath; t
| amend the law in reference to servlc
of summon by pub.icat,on. The fol
owing Is the text of Ransom's bill I
curtall the Governors power to appoiu
| extra counsel: A bill to BIZ entitled "A
act TO amend sec. three thousand thre
hundred and dtwenty-four, Of The Code.
The General Assembly of North Care
lima do enact: Sec ion l. Tnat sectio
8. 324 Of The Code be ameuded, by IN
e,t,ng after the word ''therein" an
be fore the word "lhe" in the fourth lin
of said section, the following words
"and if for any good reason the Attor
ney General csnnot prosecute or defen
~ such CASE" Section 2. That thi
act shall he in force from and after 1t
-ati ficatlon.